Firstname Surname Comment Judith Fraser Sandra Robotis Milva Salzano Janet Amy-lowe Ken Bethell Anything which reduces the price of books, suits me. Go for it. Elizabeth Lambert Marianne Starz I love reading books, but the current prices force me, to go to a book exchange. Yes, I would welcome a reduction of the costs of imported & local books. I would also like to see that books published (in either hard back or soft back) overseas be available immediately in Australia rather than up to 3 years delay ... I have yet to be Peter Ryan convinced as to why there are always delays. Lindy Hunt I am a book lover and I also collect Science Fiction and Fantasy material and new material of these genre are difficult to get and seem to take months to get to Australia as the majority of this type of material is from the U.S.A. I urge you to Lisa Slade consider this petition. Tegan Kinney We need to have books that are affordable. If not we buy them from overseas Penelope Zylstra outlets! This is not good for Australia. Michelle Malouf Jennifer Zaghet Ken Manson Peter Dalton Lucinda Gabriel Katrina Bell Caryn Parker George Troynar Robyn Nowell Lucy Bushell Books are ridiculously expensive. Any measure that would reduce the price would be much appreciate since, with my pension, I cannot always afford the books that I Russell Kippax would like to read. Some things in life should be easily accessable due to their indesputable positive Penny Thyne effects. Books are at the top of the list. Doreen Keiller Anita Gilham Lisa Evans Tasha Lademann Kim Ferguson Mary Blood Denise Millar Caseii Green Charmaine Hopper Kirsten Petersen Razi Azmi Meredith Jenner Jasmine Emanuel Gemma Kay Janet Condon Karen Lawson Keryin Hutchison Why should books be treated differently to other items? Amanda Huang Michael Campbell Kim Eversden Jasmin Wass Bianca Koksal What's being done here is AMAZING... I so want cheaper books Elaine Lam Adam Hudson Guy Manera Iny Walker Lyndel Sprigg Elaine Hodgson Sue Gauci Australia needs to be a smart country, to lead the way, show the rest what we are made of, buying books should not be prohibitive. Encourage us to become more knowledgeable not hinder us, there are many places our dollars can go, dont let Ann Symons books become more expensive. Mary-anne Williams Simon Inwards Mary Lane Sarah Atkinson Barbara Cullen Andrew Mason Helen Cawood Hannah Jones i totally support the peition, i too would love to get more books imported from the US Amanda SweJoseph God bless Aleta Harper Marie Norris David Lilburne Jennifer Godfrey Kylie Woods Any action that reduces the price of books is a positive move. New books on Ebay & Amazon ( to name just 2 examples ) are often 50% cheaper than the same book in Garry Crosby Melbourne bookshops. Hayley Peoples Anna Bower Good on you Dymocks for campaigning to cheapen books- they are, after all, the Michelle Ellis very best way to escape the irritation of the recession!!! Lilian Cartwright Kathryn Warren It's about time.Books should ne available to everyone! James Tini - Joseph Kaye Alksne In this day of electronic communication I think that it is even more important than ever that books remain as cheap as possible. Higher prices mean that some in the community lose their access to books. Books, the written word, English Grammar and Language, other Languges need to be enjoyed and appreciated by everyone. Leonie Annan We all deserve to experience the joy of owning a beautiful book. James Burke Adrienne Angelo Lindsay Caffin Hien Dang Leonie Kouvaras Dean Pane I love reading, and love owning the books myself, but it's too expensive to buy them Justine Avenell all the time. Jennifer Nguyen Sharon Prinsen Robyn Vincent Les Harris Just lower the price!! Charlotte Wallace Savina Lee Barbara Wall Charlotte Mitchell R Tomaino Maria Patrick Madonna Mcmahon I often order books from the UK and get family to bring them over or have them posted. I feel that Australian's pay far too much for books which are not a luxury item Kate White ! Jaana Jarrad Ian Bootland Linda Lanyon Kaylene ONeill Helen Che Marek Prachar Aphrodite Al Zaghal Zidi Zhang Philip Young Caroline Murphy Alicia Slade Wendy Hoang Jaskaran Singh James Tobin will benefit book buyers Andrew Osborne Linda Shaw Mark Podgorski Nancy Mayberry People need access to cheap, good quality books to improve our literacy levels! Leroy Smith Sue Gardiner Having arrived from Ireland (considered relatively expensive compared with the US and UK) a couple of years ago I was shocked at the cost of books in Australia. Books are not a product or a commodity- access to books should be a right for all- Deirdre Hefferman they should be affordable and not considered a luxury. Sue Gardiner Books used to be great value for money. I am in a book club and am finding it difficult to purchase our monthly books, particularly when the normal size paperback edition is not available. I am then forced to pay even more money for a larger, hard covered in some cases, book which does not fit in my book shelf. Books are no longer value for money and readily available to all Australians. And there are not enough copies of books in local libraries to meet the demands of the public. There is now a vicious cycle, whereby people rely more on libraries for their reading material and have to wait extended periods of time due to the wait list on a book, because Gillian Napoli they can no longer afford to purchase a book. Leonie Hancock Sally McQuinn Alexandra Wright Esther Pozzebon Books should definitely be more affordable. This would help middle to low income Patricia Leary earners and pensioners benefit more from book reading. Melvyn Jones Matthew Huxley Juliet Reynolds Brian Moody Nathan Charles Alexander Coupe Adriana Della Franca Joan & Wal Costanzo Nicole Scriva Marlene Copp Katrina Willis Heidi Locke Andrea Somerfield Although I prefer to support local book stores, I am sometimes forced to purchase from Amazon online book store as the books can be MUCH cheaper. It is imperative that books are accessible to all and in the current times of recession, it is madness to Sue Robson keep the inflated book prices that often exist in Australia. Deborrah LeeHenderson Rebecca Koch Bonney Dieperink Luke Rewell educational books should be made cheaper to students Brad Thomson Claire Shanks Shane Reilkly Jin Cheng Jacky Hui Nicole Lew Even the UK have cheaper books. Marianne Ross Nicholas Maiden Robert Kaldor-Bull Nick Fernie Kylie Tuohey Ingrid stubis Nicola Ginger Warren Pointon it would be great if books were at least half the price they currently are Jesse Donnarumma Debra Graham Heather Chong Leisa Sinclair Suzi Kladis Jackie Cooper Phuong Nguyen Michele Elborough Rosemary Partridge Joyce Patterson Imogen King Margaret Gullefer Craig Reynolds Joanna Turner Man Ja Lee Kathryn Strauts Christine Grainger Lesley Xerri Susan Borel Erin Fraser I import books, and buy from Amazon anyway! I would much rather support Lana Corry Australian business! Louise Lennox Chelsea Kaputin Darlene Petelo Shannon Jamieson Sheree Jacobs Sheryl Facey Camille Laker Jennifer Wright Thank you for providing us the opportunity to get cheaper books in Australia Sarah Reid Antonio Di Petta Danielle Clarke Leanne Stootman Simon Walsh Kylie Chan Alex Cheng Reading a book is one of life's pleasures - anything to make the price of a book cheaper and allow more people access to books can only be a good thing. Good Christine Waller Luck. Penelope Ferrall Christopher Hall Magdeline Lum jill PHARO Wayne Bentley John Pryor Valerie Muller Kelly Summers Renee Moynihan Anna Offler Frances Tambasco Joycelyn Siew Nicole Vlakic Sandi Wright Penny O'Connor Margaret Yuilll Bianca Benjamin Pauline Gater Samuel Delany While normally I feel protective of Australian industry and business, I think we should have access to a less expensive product in this case. Australia is not as deeply Rita Flynn dependant on this area as it is others. Sharon Honicke Joanna Lau Patrick Wenholz Sarah Edwards Chitwan Singhal Brian Mathews Lisa Train Brian Mathews Sarah Scott Kay Kernchen Peter Clark Desmond Kenter Richard Thomas Shayna Jones Natalie Romanov Susan Renner Lyn Trenwith Christine ellis Cynthia Anderson Simon O`Reilly I think people will have problems buying expensive books due to economic crisis. Thus, reading habits may be discouraged further. What will happen to this country if Yanty Sajuti people stop reading?? Danica Collins Huong Tran Pamela Vincent Ashlea Roach Julie Tsung I wish my na I wish my name to be removed Edith Jelinek Helen Parkinson Dianne Christie Gabbie Russell Charmaine Atwell Cassie Gleeson Natasha D'Souza Kate Banasik Sandra Gibb Derry Barber Erin Kuschert Abi Murray Maria Que Haley Holloway Emily Williams Tryphena Simons David Mcleish Raine Graham You have my address wrong. It is 86 High Street, Willoughby NSW 2068 Melissa Ball I haven't bought a single book since in AU, opting instead for libraries due to the prohibitive cost of books. Whilst in Canada, I bought a book a week on average at $9.99, but I will NEVER pay $21 for a paperback. No matter how much I want to read Patricia Kack it and this only on principle. If you makes book cheaper, I will buy them! Janelle Chan Reading is an integral part of learning and anything which improves our knowledge Cindy Wakelin should be available to everyone. Therefore books must be affordable for everyone. Karen Rossington Amelia Fuller Craig Dunn Bill Reda Kay Abrahams Deborah Beaumont Catherine Clarke Jaye Attwood Electra Stojanovic Alicia Park Allan Stewart Alan Gabriel Nathalie Sousa Phyllis Kailis Carla La Bozzetta Lyn Marks Lavin Mills Michelle Francis Books should be affordable for everyone, the only way this is possible is if books are Karin Mapperson cheaper than they are now!!!! Samantha Knott Robyn Mills Barbara Meiklejohn Timothy Bullock Alice Sonter Kerrie-Ann Pendal Karen russell Melissa Savill Maheshini Weerackoon Lorna Mellor Christine Prins Stuart Murray Terri - Jean Garrigan Mariam Sed Emmanuel Roumanis Melissa Williams I support the unfettered importaion of books into Australia, excepting those that Ken Chant would violate our censorship laws.