tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post8569457919271877475..comments2024-02-22T03:26:34.604+10:30Comments on Monster-Blood Tattoo: 2nd Draft Joy - plus, off topic: Parallel Importation FollyD.M. Cornishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-21067183465836718422009-08-02T15:25:30.761+09:302009-08-02T15:25:30.761+09:30Venerable Mr Cornish indeed, would you allow us to...Venerable Mr Cornish indeed, would you allow us to link our site SAVING AUSSIE BOOKS to your good self (in particular this post)? <br />Thanks<br />Sheryl Gwyther - on behalf of the campaigning mob at http://savingaussiebooks.wordpress.comSheryl Gwytherhttp://savingaussiebooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-46943945816415361532009-07-24T18:03:11.570+09:302009-07-24T18:03:11.570+09:30Venerable Mr Cornish, I agree with you 100%, an ex...Venerable Mr Cornish, I agree with you 100%, an excellent post. If this legislation gets through it'll be catastrophic for Australian authors, and us readers will also suffer as a result. Fortunately there is still a lot of opposition to the proposal, the other day I read that the Victorian premier John Brumby said that "It would be an act of economic and cultural vandalism." <br />benhttp://jaffleriornofdoom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-81364292504912728892009-07-22T18:49:35.511+09:302009-07-22T18:49:35.511+09:30I shall no longer whine about how expensive books ...I shall no longer whine about how expensive books are--or if I do, it won't be to their authors. <br /> Pah. Big Bad Businesses sounds like such a cliche, but it is terribly true.<br /> This prospect is awful, awful, awful.<br /> [being an american citizen working overseas, there's not much I can do but pray, Mr Cornish.] <br /><br />***<br /> Every time the subject of digital or mondayhttp://broadsideb.blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-66215291223117311012009-07-22T10:07:45.114+09:302009-07-22T10:07:45.114+09:30Reading these recent comments I have a fear that t...Reading these recent comments I have a fear that the book is already becoming a luxury item (one of our fellow MBT'ers here already has to think twice about buying a new tome, as do I in a 'down' period).<br /><br />Let us hope that you are right, <b>Baedecker</b>, that at least paperbacks will still be with us when finally we become a digital society. I am just thankful to the Lord D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-52957770194752530352009-07-22T10:03:32.740+09:302009-07-22T10:03:32.740+09:30Sounds a tad interesting ENR, sign me up for one.....Sounds a tad interesting <b>ENR</b>, sign me up for one...D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-8086795034179478832009-07-22T08:34:55.849+09:302009-07-22T08:34:55.849+09:30On the subject of books going completely digital, ...On the subject of books going completely digital, there is actually a machine in practice (currently in say... third prototype) that is like a mini printing press for out of print books that have been stored digitally. You simply search the book, watch it be printed, bound and covered as a paperback and voila! It falls out in a basket at the bottom. I've seen it work. Pretty funky. <br /><br ENRhttp://enreinmuth.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-90454733115860287992009-07-22T01:32:04.013+09:302009-07-22T01:32:04.013+09:30Anna I hope your right I love reading from an actu...Anna I hope your right I love reading from an actual book. But have you seen the Amazon Kindle, it really is incredible it feels like I'm reading from an actual book. In the future I think more people will have book readers like the kindle, it's something that will probably be massed produced then given to kids in school so they don't have to carry a 50 lbs backpack filled with Baedekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776963525544088176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-41859299912128711562009-07-22T01:15:07.348+09:302009-07-22T01:15:07.348+09:30I don´t think digital books will take over the rea...I don´t think digital books will take over the real ones. They said the same when internet came and the e-books, when they claimed that it would be a paperless society. The real book will outlive us all. And thank God for that! <br />It´s boring to sit and watch a screen to read a book. I´ve tried with S Meyer´s 5th book (that partial one which is on her website) but it grew boring. The best way Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-55629795124082727252009-07-22T01:01:10.629+09:302009-07-22T01:01:10.629+09:30The prices of books won't change. If books are...The prices of books won't change. If books are being imported from overseas the cost to import them is gonna be tacked on to the book's price. The reason that the kindle fairs so well is that they removed the costs of making and shipping the books. Digital is gonna be newest way to distribute books. Still nothing beats the feel of the page in your hand. In the future book will start to Baedekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776963525544088176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-74870744531626007752009-07-21T18:58:05.356+09:302009-07-21T18:58:05.356+09:30Have not got you wrong, Anna, you make an excellen...Have not got you wrong, <b>Anna</b>, you make an excellent and valid point. It is not hard to extrapelate (sp?) this evidence to Oz; <i>IF</i> Parallel Importation Restrictions are removed here sure, there will be cheeper books for about a year or so (as in Sweden) then you watch, they'll creep and creep and be just as much as ever before with tha same old excuses corporation blah us with as D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-11445392857098102322009-07-21T17:30:53.224+09:302009-07-21T17:30:53.224+09:30Here in Sweden the government took away the book-t...Here in Sweden the government took away the book-tax a couple of years ago, claiming that it would make the books cheaper. Sure the first year was nice but now the prices are like they were before. If you are buying a new book you can pay from 100 SKR up to 400 SKR. <br />One horror example is an internet-bookstore demanding 800 (!) SKR for a book I needed for my studies. Well, I didn´t buy that Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-3696158624450360962009-07-21T16:12:41.734+09:302009-07-21T16:12:41.734+09:30I really don't mind too much about the current...I really don't mind too much about the current price I pay for books. I think it's ($24.95 for a new paperback in the local independent book seller's) a reasonable cost for something I can enjoy over & over again for hours at a stretch. And I'm particularly happy to pay for something like the MBT hardcover editions - they're truly well put-together and a pleasure just to smudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684987714751518060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-62512190595084582962009-07-21T15:43:33.515+09:302009-07-21T15:43:33.515+09:30I'm happy to be a "necessary annoyance&qu...I'm happy to be a "necessary annoyance"! <br /><br />And wouldn't you think that readers and authors would be THE most necessary part of the equation? Without either party there is no book and no industry and no money. It's funny how the corporatisation of industries allows them to forget the reasons for their very existence.<br /><br />Oh well, if nothing else you've Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927745298738359753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-5322070943818919212009-07-21T11:26:52.781+09:302009-07-21T11:26:52.781+09:30I think what you display so well Jodi is that read...I think what you display so well Jodi is that readers and authors are viewed as the dispensible part of this equation. It might seem strange that it should be this way but I have a sense that both of us are in some way seen simply as a necessary annoyance to the powers between us.D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-51771170709874351042009-07-21T10:41:15.440+09:302009-07-21T10:41:15.440+09:30Thanks for highlighting this, DM.
As you and many...Thanks for highlighting this, DM. <br />As you and many of your readers will know, trying to get published is a pretty tough business. There’s no shortage of discouragement, obstacles, hoops to jump through, and dice to roll. All the while, you have no way of knowing if all this blood, sweat and tears will ever lead to anything more than a dusty wad of A4 paper in a box under the bed. For me, I Peter Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04425304915182352610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-32524375652727461232009-07-21T10:05:26.415+09:302009-07-21T10:05:26.415+09:30I am a 'writer'.
I want to be an 'auth...I am a 'writer'.<br />I want to be an 'author'.<br />Do I want to travel a path already fraught with potential/probable failure - only to be offered a contract for $2 - as this is all the publisher can afford in this 'current market'...?<br /><br />I've said before how inspirational DM's story is and how MBT came about (and I'll continue to tell anyone who'Damien Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-11958155396536843742009-07-21T09:50:01.240+09:302009-07-21T09:50:01.240+09:30:) I'm so hoping this doesn't turn into a ...:) I'm so hoping this doesn't turn into a flame war!<br /><br />Just for the record, I think authors deserve all the compensation they get and then some. I certainly don't believe they should not reap the rewards of their prodigious output which we all get to enjoy.<br /><br />It did actually make me stop and think about who is making the money out of it all.<br /><br />And, Evan, I Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927745298738359753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-27070382234229260372009-07-21T09:44:48.091+09:302009-07-21T09:44:48.091+09:30Well, if I really want to by a book by a fellow Au...Well, if I really want to by a book by a fellow Australian, I'm willing to pay full price (as in, no second hand, just because it's cheaper). For all others there's always the News Agents. $5.95 each or 3 for $14.95. I get some of the best books from there, and also warehouses - straight from the distributor, saving me money by avoiding the extra profit that would be made by Stores. <RottenPockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653561998887261358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-86895831701552318442009-07-21T09:20:16.145+09:302009-07-21T09:20:16.145+09:30Yes indeed, Evan (I see we commented simultaneousl...Yes indeed, <b>Evan</b> (I see we commented simultaneously!) send to<br /><br />dmcornish@halfcontinent.com<br /><br />You make a pertinent point when you say, "if an author can't make a reasonable living writing, you won't have a new book to save money on in the first place."<br /><br />Pretty much exactly.<br /><br />Why do authors OR readers have to get the price gouge?! D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-28983819885486011022009-07-21T09:11:10.754+09:302009-07-21T09:11:10.754+09:30It seems to me Jodi that it's the "middle...It seems to me <b>Jodi</b> that it's the "middle man" who appears to get away scott free in this scenario (and usually many others).<br /><br />"They" seemed determined to squeeze both ends of the book industry, to either make the reader pay (high book prices) or the author (reduced income). I have an image of someone in the middle of us (me trying to get my books to you D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-36756686227726726382009-07-21T09:02:46.204+09:302009-07-21T09:02:46.204+09:30libraries and used books. i think it's selfish...libraries and used books. i think it's selfish to play a part in denying an author his due and proper simply because you're so impatient you have to line up at midnight release day to snap up your cheap imported copy. just wait a week or two. take a walk. get some fresh air and exercise on your way to your local library. wait for used copies to show up on amazon. i don't really buy Evan Blanton, Californiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-6274035797147578192009-07-21T07:47:00.113+09:302009-07-21T07:47:00.113+09:30I understand where you're coming from as an au...I understand where you're coming from as an author, but as a reader I find it difficult to agree. I resent, totally, the absolute rip off price that we're forced to pay here for books. I adore reading...if I had my way, I would spend my entire life reading! But it's getting to the point where I can't afford to go and buy a new book every time the whim might strike me. I worked forUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927745298738359753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-70397780433921825762009-07-21T01:10:31.985+09:302009-07-21T01:10:31.985+09:30And what, Master Cornish, do you think about Amazo...And what, Master Cornish, do you think about Amazon.com's sales via the Kindle? I've read concerns that - even with the lower price per book - the distributor makes a killing because the distribution is essentially free, but the author's income, which is calculated as a percent of sales price, takes a beating.<br /><br />P.S. Concerning your options if the restrictions are lifted inAlyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381998955973752895noreply@blogger.com