Actually, IIRC - it is if anything is published in the UK or former colonies, they have 31 days to release it in Australia.
I'm sure the specifics are out there online Larry On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Andrew Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Ray , > I heard today an interesting law in Australia. Wish it was the same for TV > And movies > Once A book is released anywhere in the world And not in Australia > One day after Any one in Australia can grab it and publish it in Australia > For Free > Is that true > Regards > Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 4:56 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: Errors in A Crown Imperilled > > My first reply to these ..... Guys shit happens!!!! Noone is perfect. The > only thing that matters is that the book is readable .... And noone has said > that it is not .... Errors are bound to appear. And they will most probably > be corrected ... There is no point in having moaning constantly about it > .... It has been mentioned and ray has said it will be adressed .... And > personally I believe they will be corrected ... Give the man some peace so > that his editors can sort out the issues and so that he can start a new > book!!!!! > Regards > James > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: LAR <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:36:53 > To: feistfans-l<[email protected]> > Reply-To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Errors in A Crown Imperilled > > Hey Peeps - drop the subject. In 29 books this was the most > significant error. There are ALWAYS typos, missing words, incorrect > attributions, character names, etc in just about any novel nowadays. > It happens. The last significant error that Ray's book was Shards > where the map was left out and that was corrected in following > additions. > > Those of us who get the book on the first day it's out, no matter > where it is out often give Ray a laundry list of errors we find and > they are almost always corrected by the paperback edition if not the > immediate reprint of the hardcover. Inevitably one fan or another > offers to proofread and SWEARS they could do it better. Try doing it > after you've edited 30 novels in 30 days and then see how well you do. > I once did 120 titles for LeapFrog in that period of time, checking > every single touch point and the printed word - then two others would > double check it when I was done. Even then I am sure errors went out - > though one battle I lost was a science book where the producer claimed > that Mars is made primarily of iron and concrete. Next she would > insist A is for Banana because it has two A's in it. > > To Ray's and the publishers credit they always do their best to not > only catch errors before they go out but are very gracious about > accepting corrections from readers and doing their best to correct > them in subsequent editions. > > So let's let it go > > > -- If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory. -Tony Robbins
