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Last year the Australian govt reviewed the issue of parallel imports for books. In spite of the independent review recommending allowing parallel imports, and at least one major chain (Dymocks) pushing for it, the local publishing industry successfully lobbied against it. So books in Australia (p, and many e) continue to cost 2-3 times more than in the US. Since that time I have refused to buy books at Australian prices unless I have no choice. I now buy my pbooks online (thank you book depository), secondhand, or earlier this year, waited until a planned trip to the US and bought there. I also bought my Sony over there, since prices here at the time were close to 500AUD, compared to the 200AUD I paid for both the device *and* a sturdy cover. And of course now I am looking to mostly buy ebooks.
sabredog, have you tried the specialist spec fic shops? I used to go to Supernova a lot, but I think that's now become White Dwarf (?) and is in Carillion or City arcade. I think there's another one in Raine Square as well. Of course it's very likely still cheaper from Book Depository - even though I doubt those titles are affected by parallel importing.
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