Australian Publishers are KIDDING ! - Page 3

nashira · 06-21-2010, 11:15 AM

Buying new books in Australia is often very, very painful to ones wallet, anyway. The average MMPB that I can get is about 15-20 dollars, sometimes more, sometimes less. Nevermind if it's a bigger paperback or, god forbid, a hard cover (for a new hard cover novel, they can easily be $50 or more).

This is in my experience, of course, and I do live in a rural area. But it still is quite horrible. Mind you, in rural area's, at least, it's not unknown for new books, dvd's, etc, etc to "fall off the back of a truck". And this is with physical goods! You'd think they'd want to make ebooks easier.

sabredog · 06-21-2010, 07:36 PM

Too true

Large format paperbacks can cost up to $41.

Paul Ham's Vietnam comes to mind at that price.

Clancy_s · 06-21-2010, 09:07 PM

Due to Australian pricing I've bought most of my paper books from Amazon US for over 10 years: if one bought them a boxful at a time, with the cheapest shipping, they were much cheaper than buying them locally with a far better range than available in Newcastle.

Which makes the geo restrictions on ebooks even more irksome, and pointless.

dorino · 06-22-2010, 12:12 AM

Australia seems to overprice everything...

nomesque · 06-22-2010, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dorino

Australia seems to overprice everything...

The sunshine's mostly free

dorino · 06-22-2010, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

The sunshine's mostly free

Nothing's free in Australia. Hiding in the beautiful landscape are some of the deadliest animals on the planet, and the sky is the same.

It's a great place to visit, but I value my life too much to stay. :P

nomesque · 06-22-2010, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dorino

Nothing's free in Australia. Hiding in the beautiful landscape are some of the deadliest animals on the planet, and the sky is the same.

It's a great place to visit, but I value my life too much to stay. :P

BAH - I've been here over 30 years, and it hasn't killed me yet!

(although I did learn young to shake out my bedding before lying down... and shake my shoes upside-down before putting them on next morning)

Oh yeah, the topic...

When it comes to books, Australia has traditionally had two main problems - few readers, and far apart. Interestingly, I'm noticing more and more people on the train who're reading on mobile phones... I think our regular-reader numbers might be increasing with the advent of ebooks. Our publishers MIGHT click soon.

sabredog · 06-22-2010, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dorino

Nothing's free in Australia. Hiding in the beautiful landscape are some of the deadliest animals on the planet, and the sky is the same.

It's a great place to visit, but I value my life too much to stay. :P

Thank God I live in the west of Oz...

no drop bears anywhere here!!

just redbacks and dugites!

nashira · 06-22-2010, 03:37 AM

Sometimes I genuinely think they want us to buy overseas so they simply don't need to bother. xD

...They really do need to get their act together, though. But one can say that for pretty much the entire consumer electronics area, amongst other things. They make it a pain to buy things at reasonable cost, and then declare no one is buying so no one must want [insert new product/market here].

Blue Tyson · 06-22-2010, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sabredog

Thank God I live in the west of Oz...

no drop bears anywhere here!!

just redbacks and dugites!

Still a few hoopsnakes, and the odd rare desert yowie, though.

cbarnett · 06-23-2010, 08:28 PM

And the rock wallabies! Don't forget the rock wallabies!

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06-21-2010, 11:15 AM	#31
nashira Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 73734 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Buying new books in Australia is often very, very painful to ones wallet, anyway. The average MMPB that I can get is about 15-20 dollars, sometimes more, sometimes less. Nevermind if it's a bigger paperback or, god forbid, a hard cover (for a new hard cover novel, they can easily be $50 or more). This is in my experience, of course, and I do live in a rural area. But it still is quite horrible. Mind you, in rural area's, at least, it's not unknown for new books, dvd's, etc, etc to "fall off the back of a truck". And this is with physical goods! You'd think they'd want to make ebooks easier.

06-21-2010, 07:36 PM	#32
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	Too true Large format paperbacks can cost up to $41. Paul Ham's Vietnam comes to mind at that price.

06-21-2010, 09:07 PM	#33
Clancy_s Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 1010308 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Newcastle, NSW Device: Kobo Glo HD	Due to Australian pricing I've bought most of my paper books from Amazon US for over 10 years: if one bought them a boxful at a time, with the cheapest shipping, they were much cheaper than buying them locally with a far better range than available in Newcastle. Which makes the geo restrictions on ebooks even more irksome, and pointless.

06-22-2010, 12:12 AM	#34
dorino I'm odd. Take note. Posts: 325 Karma: 779 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Montana Device: deceased PRS-600, Nook STR	Australia seems to overprice everything...

06-22-2010, 03:37 AM	#39
nashira Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 73734 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Sometimes I genuinely think they want us to buy overseas so they simply don't need to bother. xD ...They really do need to get their act together, though. But one can say that for pretty much the entire consumer electronics area, amongst other things. They make it a pain to buy things at reasonable cost, and then declare no one is buying so no one must want [insert new product/market here].

06-23-2010, 08:28 PM	#41
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	And the rock wallabies! Don't forget the rock wallabies!

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