Books on ExplorOz- Your Thoughts?
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 16:18
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ExplorOz Team - Adele
Keeping up with book titles is a never-ending process so we've decided to put it over to you to tell us what books you'd like ExplorOz to offer from our
Shop. Please use this post to tell us what sort of books you would buy if we could source them for you on the ExplorOz
Shop.
We’ve just completed a big product review and found very little interest from our customers in the historical stories of bushmen, gold rush times and pioneers, so we have removed many of those titles. Atlases, camping guides and reference books are all very popular, and we think we have that covered (although if you have any suggestions for more of these titles please let us know). However, we really want to know if you read novels or something similar (and if so which titles) when you are actually travelling, with all that spare time to relax, or are you all too busy fishing, sleeping, or cooking?!!
Let us know if you want us to stock different book titles – suggestions by genre, or even better if you have suggestions for titles/authors etc. Over to you...., Thanks Adele
Reply By: Chris & Sue (Briz Vegas) - Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 17:15
Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 17:15
Hi Adele,
For my money (which is what you'll get if I buy from EO!), SWMBO and I like to know the history and attractions[*] about
places we're driving through or towards. Stuff like how the country was opened up, what's left from the early
explorers that we can visit,
places of scenic beauty, etc.
Ok, you can sometimes visit the local
tourist information office, but these can be 100kms away, and in the wrong direction! Also, it can be better to have the
information when you're doing the initial planning so you know what items you really must include and those of lesser interest that you might skip if time is getting tight
One of the ways we pass our time touring is for the non-driving person to read out interesting items about the next place we're about to visit. We find it makes for a better visit when we get there.
Cheers,
Chris
[*] Attractions in this case are things that attract us and generally does NOT include anything to do with Theme Parks that end in 'World' or eating
places with Golden Arches. :-))
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Reply By: Member - Lionel A (WA) - Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 20:52
Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 20:52
Hi Adele,
Playboy, Hustler, Penthouse.......hehehe.
I'm probably one of many that never find the time to sit down with a decent book.
Pioneering history is something that has always interested me, however, there would be many titles I would save for my retirement, at the moment, when I hit 80.....lol.
I think DVDs are more popular, instant info etc.
But, aside from that, Bush Tucker Man, Malcom Douglas, Leyland Brothers and that type of thing would induce me to purchase.
Having said that, I must admit, I rarely visit the
shop.
Must do so more in future.
Cheers.....Lionel.
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Reply By: PMR - Saturday, Mar 07, 2009 at 14:40
Saturday, Mar 07, 2009 at 14:40
I've found the best way to have the info at your fingertips is to write your own guide. An Index book, ruled up to allow half a page per state, and all relevant information in the appropriate section, with a reference as to where it is to be found - ExplorOz newsletter, On the Road magazine, etc, with the date. When planning a trip, we read up on what we want to see, and take a few photocopied sheets of essential information, as
well as local maps. We mainly use cabin parks and motels, and our book has details of all the good ones we have found - plus ones to avoid! Please don't get rid of all the pioneers books - they are the people who made this great land what it is today (not including the mess the politicians have made of it!).
Old age - is when your mind makes appointments your body can't keep!
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - Adele - Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:40
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:40
Hi Everyone,
Thankyou very much for all of your ideas, I will be looking into the suggestions made in this
forum post, and if you have any further suggestions in the future, please feel free to let me know via email.
For all of you who would like the pioneering and outback
heritage titles to remain, we are still keeping some of these titles on our
shop, but we will be more selective in the future as to how many of these titles we decide to stock (and if you have read any great ones let us know).
Thanks again,
Adele
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