Background
The foundation for Complete School was established in 2000 with the publication of the book Not a C Minus: A Guide to Surviving Mathematics B. This book featured "a conversational style" and was intended as a supplement study aide to the conventional school mathematics textbooks . With some media coverage but no paid advertising the book went on to sell a little over 4000 copies around Australia and internationally over the next 3 years.
Not a C Minus was followed by Painless Physics, which was intended as a study aide for high school students of Physics. It has sold a little over 1000 copies around Australia since its release in mid-2002.
The positive public response from students for these two titles led to the commencement of the Complete School project in 2004. After a two year development period it entered production in March 2006. After two months of production it entered the Australian marketplace on May 16.
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