Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders

From	ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written
Subject	Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders
Date	2018-05-02 21:13 +0000
Organization	loft
Message-ID	<fkuo0lF3bj2U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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In article <pcd8fp$o9j$3@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 5/2/2018 10:34 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article
><nboiedh2fuepco5f89flspif19eo4bmors@reader80.eternal-september.org>,
>> Lawrence Watt-Evans  <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2 May 2018 04:50:30 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-05-01, Michael R N Dolbear <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lynn McGuire"  wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>>   To ignore Amazon is
>>>>> the proverbial "cut your nose off to spite your face".
>>>>>
>>>>>> And I would think that Amazon would pay you in your native currency.
>>>>> However, who would want Canadian Dollars at the moment ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think Amazon pay you in the 'home' currency of each Kindle store where a
>>>>> copy was sold.
>>>>>
>>>>> Conversion is for your bank.
>>>>>
>>>>> Graydon had some problem connected with his (Canadian) Credit Union?
>>>>
>>>> As I recall, he had several problems with Amazon, but one of the
>>>> problems he objected to on principle was that they would only pay him
>>>> anything from a Kindle store if that particular country's Kindle store
>>>> sold above some threshold, and he didn't anticipate selling enough
>>>> copies in any market other than the big ones.  That strikes me as
>>>> something Amazon could and would have changed by now.
>>>
>>> I just received payments of 29 cents and 36 cents for Amazon Kindle
>>> sales in countries other than US, UK, or Canada, so yes, I think
>>> they've changed it.
>>>
>> 
>> Don't spend it all in one place!
>
>I'm trying to think of any place that he could spend $0.55 at and get 
>something.
>
>Things have really changed since I was a kid.  My grandfather used to 
>give me $2.00 back in 1970 or so.  I would ride my bike over to the 
>Pik-n-Pak and get him a carton of Camels for $1.90.  The remaining dime 
>was for anything I wanted which was just about anything there.
>
>Lynn
>

The copy of _Farmer In The Sky_ I bought sometime in the 70s was the
last new $0.50 book I ever saw.  (I suspect it had been on the shelves a few
years too).
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[review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-05-01 13:54 +0000
  Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2018-05-01 14:58 +0000
    Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-05-01 08:10 -0700
      Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 06:36 -0500
        Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Bill Dugan <wkdugan@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-05-03 07:06 -0700
    Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 06:35 -0500
  Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 19:29 +0000
    Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 15:06 -0500
      Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 20:31 +0000
        Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 16:07 -0500
          Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-01 14:25 -0700
            Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-01 21:33 +0000
              Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-05-01 15:14 -0700
      Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-01 15:40 -0700
      Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-05-02 00:15 +0100
        Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> - 2018-05-02 04:50 +0000
          Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 03:00 -0400
            Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-05-02 16:24 +0300
              Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 11:00 -0400
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-05-03 16:22 +0300
            Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-02 15:34 +0000
              Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:53 -0500
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-02 21:13 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-05-02 17:20 -0400
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-05-02 21:23 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-02 21:25 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-02 14:35 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 16:40 -0500
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-02 15:53 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:10 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 17:33 -0500
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:55 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-02 16:08 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-02 21:54 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 17:30 -0500
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 17:35 -0500
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-02 16:07 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:54 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2018-05-09 21:57 -0300
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-10 02:44 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-10 03:59 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-10 04:25 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> - 2018-05-10 08:04 -0400
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-10 05:34 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-10 09:36 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-11 06:14 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-11 07:52 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-05-11 17:08 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2018-05-10 11:27 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-10 11:47 -0700
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-05-10 13:51 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-05-02 23:52 +0100
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-03 00:24 +0000
                Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-02 17:31 -0700
    Re: [review] The Human Dress by Graydon Saunders graydonish@gmail.com - 2018-05-02 18:07 -0700

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