Just as an aside - this phrase caught my eye ... "large educational publishers
charge four dollars or more per softcover book" Here in Australia, a paperback
(whether it be a picture book or novel) would start at $A12+. That's about $US10
with today's exchange rate, two weeks ago it would have been virtually the same.
Yesterday I bought Elmer (soft cover) by David McKee for $A21.95, but even if I had
bought an Australian author it wouldn't have been much less. Fiction hard backs
are about $A25+ ($US 20) and non fiction hbk about $A35
There are a lot of complex factors in the price structure but, in the interests of
putting a range of books in my kids hands when I was in the library, I had no
qualms about buying from Amazon. Landed here for half the price!
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
COOMA NSW 2630
AUSTRALIA
E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
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