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Comment on INTERVIEW: Deb Cox on ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’ by Cheryl F

Cheryl F — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:57:29 +0000

Thanks for this insight into the series. We often get to hear from an author but less rarely do we hear from scriptwriters. This post gives us just a little window into what was obviously an enjoyable project. I have shared the link on my Facebook page for my friends who are also enjoying the series.

Comment on The 60th annual APA Book Design Awards shortlist 2012 by Gabrielle Prendergast

Gabrielle Prendergast — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:07:08 +0000

The cover for AUGUST is sheer genius. I hope it wins. I also wish they had separate categories for Middle grade, YA and picture books.

Comment on Jon Page: On ebooks, the agency model and ‘predatory pricing’ by Jon Page

Jon Page — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:37:51 +0000

in reply to BG

Those costs are all included in the cost of production. The eBook is not independent of the print book unless it is an eBook only title so the cost of producing both is included in the eBook price. When there is both a print book edition and an eBook edition you cannot separate out the production costs.

Comment on Jon Page: On ebooks, the agency model and ‘predatory pricing’ by BG

BG — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:43:40 +0000

You conveniently forget the cost of tree farming, harvesting, paper manufacture, ink, printing presses, labor, transportation, fuel, warehousing, multiple shipping costs, and on and on and on!

Comment on Jon Page: On ebooks, the agency model and ‘predatory pricing’ by Scott

Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:36 +0000

The original argument published in Crikey also ignored the simple fact that Amazon gave a considerable proportion of their e-book sales away before agency contracts were entered with some publishers. This behavior was not only of Public Domain titles, which not only artificially lowered their a average price, but gave consumers the impression that e-books should be cheaper than their true cost values.

Comment on Why can’t Australians buy the ebooks they want? by shazza

shazza — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:04:38 +0000

I find it very frustrating that every book i want i cant get i may as well not have a ebook and i cant do as some of these other people have done as i dont know enough about the internet to do it it just makes it so hard

Comment on The name’s Coronel, Tim Coronel… by Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:47:11 +0000

Codename: “Mr Strong”

Comment on BOOK REVIEW: Shift (Em Bailey, Hardie Grant Egmont) by Marlo Perry

Marlo Perry — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:22:49 +0000

I read this on Saturday while I was sunbaking and couldn’t put it down. It’s not the most in depth book but I thought the characters were well-developed and enough mystery was maintained until the end.

An interesting storyline, nice to see something that hasn’t fallen into the vampire trap like everything else lately.

Comment on BOOK REVIEW: A Pocketful of Eyes (Lili Wilkinson, A&U) by India

India — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:11:45 +0000

I loved the book so much. I was stuck to book till 2am in the morning coz it was so interesting. I would defiantly recommend this book for people that like books that have, some detective stuff in it as well as funny romance. So the book isn’t to big to read and the texts not to small either. So if you have for reading then this book would be good to read.

Comment on BOOK REVIEW: The Happiest Refugee (Anh Do, A&U) by steve

steve — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:12:02 +0000

This is an inspiring, humorous novel. it displays irony, sarcasm and exaggeration. Not only did this biography touch the hearts of the readers but it also shows how life was back then

i mean how freaked out would you get if a couple of pirates boarded your little fishing boat and threatened to kill you ?

Anh Do makes fun of situations which may not be as funny typically in the asian accents

i would recommend this novel to everyone of all ages.

you havent read anything until youve read Anh Do’s ”the Happiest Refugee”

Anh Do is a LEGEND.