Making Money

[den]

The hardback of Terry Pratchett's "Making Money" finally hit the shelves here.

$49.95.

I'll wait for the paperback.

Comments

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

You mean THIS?

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Money-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0061161640

It's really cheap here on Amazon. And it's $25. or so before the deals.

I think that makes for a cheaper book relative to exchange rates, yes?

Should I get it and bring it over to you, or at least send it from Sydney?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yep, that. Amazon.co.uk got my business. I like the UK cover more. 8)

[targaff.livejournal.com]

Well e-mail me your address and I'll send you mine.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but I ordered it through Amazon with a bunch of CDs.

[targaff.livejournal.com]

(The whole book, that is, not just the cover)

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

God_damn_. And I thought _we_ were being ripped off as far as book prices go!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The book prices here suck.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

d_h's comment is "How odd, I bought [our copy] in Australia!" In Brisbane Airport, on special for about $30.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

ah! That would be without duty and GST.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

That makes sense.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

$49.95? Well... someone's Making Money on that! :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yep. Amazon got my money.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that's reason #3 on my list of "why I'm not moving to Australia"...after the spiders and the snakes... I'd go broke buying books!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Amazon.co.uk is the Antipodean's friend.

Amazon.com is cheaper, but the covers are wrong.

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

I made an interesting correlation, paperback book prices started to skyrocket around 1983ish, interestingly enough, that was when our literacy levels started to drop.

[azhdragon.livejournal.com]

I got my copy from Kmart for $18 for the hardback.

I usually do buy from Kmart or BigW, they have a discount for paperback books.


btw, if I haven't mentioned it before, I think you'll really like Jasper Fforde's books - starting with The Eyre Affair and going on from that. His Nursery Crime books (The Big OverEasy and The Fourth Bear) are good reading too.

if I have mentioned it before, why haven't you read them?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

No KMart here, and BigW has a crap range.

You are the second person to recommend those books. I'll have to start reading them.