Carl I don't think you have read my response or Peter's comments correctly.
There was never any discussion or comparison of the difficulty of writing it in
the first place - only a comparison of how much work is needed to change it
from printed form to digital form.
Cheers
David
On 29/11/2013, at 10:52 PM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> 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 <> 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 <> 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" <> 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
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