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Video Overview: Pizzey & Knight Digital Edition

To: David Stowe <>
Subject: Video Overview: Pizzey & Knight Digital Edition
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:51:05 +1100
David,

Mea culpa.

Carl

> On 30 Nov 2013, at 8:23, David Stowe <> wrote:
> 
> 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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