What can I say, Bob? I buy an occasional book from booksellers in the Antipodes (don't know how deep) and the shipping cost and time for surface mail to arrive is most annoying, but...

Well, I wish I could help. I have never understood economics, exchange rates, or much of anything about "business." I do know that I have to sell CDs in order to finance the production of the next one. We try to keep our shipping costs at a reasonable level, but as to the USD/AUD exchange rate, you'll have to talk with Greenspan at the Fed, I guess. I know that our Canadian friends suffer the same inequities.

Sandy