Comments for Hexebart's Well http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com official site for writer Kim Wilkins Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by hexebart http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-625 hexebart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:12:03 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-625 I hear you, Lucinda, but often the cheaper OS books are not as nice: pulpy paper, tiny fonts. The US version of Giants, for eg, is so pulpy it's hard to read. I think one thing that was really forgotten in the whole "authors are greedy" scenario is that authors, first and foremost, are readers and they love books and buy a lot of them. I hear you, Lucinda, but often the cheaper OS books are not as nice: pulpy paper, tiny fonts. The US version of Giants, for eg, is so pulpy it’s hard to read. I think one thing that was really forgotten in the whole “authors are greedy” scenario is that authors, first and foremost, are readers and they love books and buy a lot of them.

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by hexebart http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-624 hexebart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:09:52 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-624 thanks, vicki! thanks, vicki!

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by Lucinda http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-623 Lucinda Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:08 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-623 The PIR issue is complex, I know, but something everyone ignores is the fact that books in Australia are a lot more costly than in other parts of the world. I've lived in Europe and North America and books are much more reasonably priced there. I reckon that is a bit tempting for those who love books, too: the thought that there you could get two paperbacks for less than the cost of one larger paperback here in Oz. I bought one just the other day and it was almost forty bucks. I remember when a hardcover cost that, not a paperback! The PIR issue is complex, I know, but something everyone ignores is the fact that books in Australia are a lot more costly than in other parts of the world. I’ve lived in Europe and North America and books are much more reasonably priced there. I reckon that is a bit tempting for those who love books, too: the thought that there you could get two paperbacks for less than the cost of one larger paperback here in Oz. I bought one just the other day and it was almost forty bucks. I remember when a hardcover cost that, not a paperback!

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by Vicki http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-611 Vicki Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:49:02 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-611 Hello Kim, Please forgive me for using the HW Forum to write you, but the email I sent to your email address was rejected. Hello Kim, I hope this finds you and your husband and daughter well. I know it has been a while since I have written, but I do follow your Hexebart's Well. Congratulations on the recent victory! I wanted to tell you that my friend Pamela from Australia sent me The Resurrectionists and I am reading it and finding it deliciously horrifying. The story within the story is marvelous! Your skill at changing the style to fit the time is truly amazing. Sometimes I feel like I am reading two books. When a diary portion is over and I am back with Maisie, it is almost like waking from a dream. I am only halfway through it, though, and dread the denouement. I still have The Infernal to read. Started it but could not get into it. I know it is not one of your personal favorites, but still I want to read it. It did win you an award, after all! Your loyal fan, Vicki Hello Kim,
Please forgive me for using the HW Forum to write you, but the email I sent to your email address was rejected.

Hello Kim,
I hope this finds you and your husband and daughter well. I know it has been a while since I have written, but I do follow your Hexebart’s Well. Congratulations on the recent victory!

I wanted to tell you that my friend Pamela from Australia sent me The Resurrectionists and I am reading it and finding it deliciously horrifying. The story within the story is marvelous! Your skill at changing the style to fit the time is truly amazing. Sometimes I feel like I am reading two books. When a diary portion is over and I am back with Maisie, it is almost like waking from a dream. I am only halfway through it, though, and dread the denouement. I still have The Infernal to read. Started it but could not get into it. I know it is not one of your personal favorites, but still I want to read it. It did win you an award, after all!
Your loyal fan,
Vicki

]]> Comment on Why I hate sports by Megan http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/why-i-hate-sports/#comment-608 Megan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:29:19 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-608 I have a heart condition and I used to hate sports day and PE for this reason. For me, it was the equivalent of putting a child with dyslexia in a spelling bee. Fortunately I was a smart kid as far as the rest of schooling went. I have a heart condition and I used to hate sports day and PE for this reason. For me, it was the equivalent of putting a child with dyslexia in a spelling bee. Fortunately I was a smart kid as far as the rest of schooling went.

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by hexebart http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-607 hexebart Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:10:47 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-607 I read that, at first, as "the smoking corpse of Bob Carr's arse". Which I quite like. I read that, at first, as “the smoking corpse of Bob Carr’s arse”. Which I quite like.

]]> Comment on Don’t be a cry baby by jason nahrung http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/dont-be-a-cry-baby/#comment-606 jason nahrung Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:08:47 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-606 I've missed November pretty much, but I'll be looking at the Cap'n's Wisdom come December, methinks. :) I’ve missed November pretty much, but I’ll be looking at the
Cap’n’s Wisdom come December, methinks. :)

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by David http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-605 David Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:17:19 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-605 So my novel will be purple? Neat. The only thing better than epic novel loots is knowing it will be pulled from the smoking corpse of Bob Carr's ambition. So my novel will be purple? Neat. The only thing better than epic novel loots is knowing it will be pulled from the smoking corpse of Bob Carr’s ambition.

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by LA http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-604 LA Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:43:26 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-604 Who would have thought - the government actually made a sensible decision. As soon as I heard the news, I came right here. I knew you'd have the last word! Who would have thought – the government actually made a sensible decision. As soon as I heard the news, I came right here. I knew you’d have the last word!

]]> Comment on Parallel importation restrictions happily ever after by Aimée http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/parallel-importation-restrictions-happily-ever-after/#comment-603 Aimée Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:25:37 +0000 http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-603 Amen to that! Amen to that!

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