Coronavirus: Malcolm Turnbull memoir cops price cut ahead of release
The cover price on Malcolm Turnbull’s tell-all book has been slashed four weeks before it even hits the shelves.
The price of Malcolm Turnbull’s tell-all tome, A Bigger Picture, has already been slashed by more than 30 per cent by some booksellers, less than four weeks from its scheduled release date.
On Amazon, the recommended retail price of $55 has been marked down to $35, or $33.96 for Kindle. At Angus & Robertson it’s $38.50. Online retailer Booktopia has cut its pre-order price by 26 per cent to $40.75. Dymocks is selling it for $42.99. The smallest saving we could find was $5.77 at Book Depository, down 10.5 per cent to $49.23.
The coronavirus has already wreaked havoc on the former prime minister’s scheduled nationwide tour, due to kick off with an invitation-only event on April 20 at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ticketed talks were to follow at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre; then smaller venues in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Geelong; culminating with a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra on April 23.
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown, Mr Turnbull is holding firm and not delaying the book’s launch date, hoping people will want to read it while they’re stuck at home in lockdown.
In lieu of physical launches, Mr Turnbull is planning to hold separate state-specific live-streamed virtual events — including question-and-answer sessions similar to those he moderated on Facebook while running the country.
Less than two weeks after Strewth revealed Christopher Pyne planned to shed new light on the “craziest 12 years in Australian politics” in his new memoir, publisher Hachette Australia has pushed pause.
The 352-pager still has an outside chance of being launched on June 30. That is unlikely with the public fanfare of which the Pyne Time podcaster and Advertiser columnist dreamt. However, his recommended retail price is holding strong at $34.99.
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