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amward · 02-18-2011, 04:05 AM

My local A&R said today they will be ok.
We have 3 bookshops in town, A&R, Dymocks (which I hardly ever use as the owner was extremely rude to me the first time I went in) and an indie. Tried to get a book from all of them today, none had it but would order, cost about $25, wait maybe 10 days or longer. Book depository $15.11, free shipping, will probably get here in the same time so you can guess what I did.
The cost of books in Oz is just ridiculous, $30 -$35 for a new release. Thank goodness we have libraries and the internet.

02-18-2011, 04:05 AM	#32
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	My local A&R said today they will be ok. We have 3 bookshops in town, A&R, Dymocks (which I hardly ever use as the owner was extremely rude to me the first time I went in) and an indie. Tried to get a book from all of them today, none had it but would order, cost about $25, wait maybe 10 days or longer. Book depository $15.11, free shipping, will probably get here in the same time so you can guess what I did. The cost of books in Oz is just ridiculous, $30 -$35 for a new release. Thank goodness we have libraries and the internet.