[UA] Them Australian dealers

[Timothy Ferguson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of James Knevitt
> Sent: Sunday, 21 April 2002 12:14 PM
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] Them Australian dealers
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Elmore" <kelmore at rocketmail.com>
>
> > Hmm, with this kind of talk of $90 books in Australia, I
> > feel pity for the gamers down under.
>
> The thing is, it's all worth the same -value-. So what if it's $90 over
> here? Sure it pisses me off, but it's not going to be any cheaper
> if it was
> bought over there in the US.

Actually our currency rates are perpetually out of whack with the US,  The
number of American cents you get for one of our dollars does not buy, in the
US, nearly as much as the dollar does here.  This is because currency
markets are perennially inefficient with regard to the US dollar (and this
is why the Euro Makes Sense).  Also we have supply side factors which make
prices lower too, so the purchasing power of an AUD looks nothing like its
currency conversion rate.

> Once all is said and done, exchange rates
> ensure that my $90 is still ~$50 US.
>
> The question is: do you people in the US feel that you should pay
> $50 for a
> book, considering how much that actually is and what other things
> you can do
> with it ?

This is what's driving the wave of .pdf publishers I reckon...the
price-competitiveness angle, particularly if you want to distribute in the
US but not live there.


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