David, I think most authors of fiction would take you to task over your downplaying the difficulty of writing a novel. James Joyce was happy to be able to produce one sentence in a day. Many authors would tell you that writing a novel is like giving birth to an elephant, sideways. Writing a field guide, in electronic or paper format is basically the assembly of existing data and illustrations by a crew. Not exactly the same as writing literature. Carl Clifford > On 29 Nov 2013, at 21:23, David Stowe <davidstowe@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Personally i can’t believe the Morcombe app is so cheap especially with the calls. Who else spent hundreds of dollars collecting the BOCA CD set?! > > Also there is so much more development work/cost that goes into an app compared to the printed book. You can’t honestly compare a novel with this app? There is zero added functionality to a novel -essentially its simply a “scan” of the printed version. > > Go and buy an ebook from CSIRO publishing for another example – ones i have looked at were the same cost as the printed book without any added functionality and no printing cost. > > Cheers, > David Stowe > > >> On 29/11/2013, at 4:09 PM, Peter Shute <pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote: >> >> True, but the Morcombe app is, I think, half the price, has more in it than a paper field guide, and so far the updates have been free. >> >> I don’t know how much it costs to distribute an app via Apple, etc, but there’s no shop front paying rent, no transport costs, no printing costs. The electronic version of a typical novel is usually a lot less than the printed version. >> >> Perhaps the Morcombe app is under priced, I don’t know. >> >> Peter Shute >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 29 Nov 2013, at 2:58 pm, “Arthur & Denise” <art.den@bigpond.com > wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the video guide Marc. >>> >>> It amazes me that so many people consider the price of this app as excessive. You get so much more than a book field guide with updates provided. To update a book you need to wait until a new version is produced and then pay at least the same as your original purchase price. For me, the convenience of having multiple guides available on a lightweight device and updated regularly at no further cost, is more than worth the initial outlay. >>> >>> Arthur Carew >>> =============================== >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >>> send the message: >>> unsubscribe >>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >>> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >>> >>> http://birding-aus.org >>> =============================== >> =============================== >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> send the message: >> unsubscribe >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >> >> http://birding-aus.org >> =============================== > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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