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colleges! beware of your copy of SILVICS of N.A. HARDWOODS, Burns & Honkala; for Amazon values it at $2,184
For some years now I have tried to buy a copy of SILVICS OF NORTH
AMERICAN HARDWOODS, Russell Burns and B. Honkala, June 1990. Which was a US govt printed book sold for $33 in the 1990s but appears to have gone out of print and put onto computer format to download. Trouble is that the pictures are not able to be downloaded. Occasionally Amazon had some sellers for about $200. Now there is a seller for $2,184.79 Perhaps they made a mistake and meant to say $218. Anyway, I am soon to go to a library and photocopy the entire book for a cost of around $30. It is a shame to see profiteering for books that are of a learning and understanding nature. And I hate to see Universities and Colleges have to keep such books under lock and key just because Amazon can ask for more than $2,000. And that some people may attempt to steal such a book from libraries. I hate to see Amazon turning to books as money items rather than books as items of education. And how that impacts libraries who carry those books. So libraries, please be wary and careful of your copy of this book. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
colleges! beware of your copy of SILVICS of N.A. HARDWOODS, Burns & Honkala; for Amazon values it at $2,184
a_plutonium wrote: For some years now I have tried to buy a copy of SILVICS OF NORTH AMERICAN HARDWOODS, Russell Burns and B. Honkala, June 1990. Which was a US govt printed book sold for $33 in the 1990s but appears to have gone out of print and put onto computer format to download. Trouble is that the pictures are not able to be downloaded. Occasionally Amazon had some sellers for about $200. Now there is a seller for $2,184.79 Perhaps they made a mistake and meant to say $218. Anyway, I am soon to go to a library and photocopy the entire book for a cost of around $30. It is a shame to see profiteering for books that are of a learning and understanding nature. And I hate to see Universities and Colleges have to keep such books under lock and key just because Amazon can ask for more than $2,000. And that some people may attempt to steal such a book from libraries. I hate to see Amazon turning to books as money items rather than books as items of education. And how that impacts libraries who carry those books. So libraries, please be wary and careful of your copy of this book. Well, the "for sale sign" was taken down today by Amazon. I should have posted the name of the seller. Whether it was a prank "for sale" or whether it was a mistaken "for sale" meant to be $218. or whether there was a sucker who paid $2,184. My concern is what such a deal does to reference books in libraries across the country and makes them prone to theft. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
Is there a Secondary Publisher for out of print books?? colleges! beware of your copy of SILVICS of N.A. HARDWOODS, Burns & Honkala; for Amazon values it at $2,184
a_plutonium wrote: a_plutonium wrote: For some years now I have tried to buy a copy of SILVICS OF NORTH AMERICAN HARDWOODS, Russell Burns and B. Honkala, June 1990. Which was a US govt printed book sold for $33 in the 1990s but appears to have gone out of print and put onto computer format to download. Trouble is that the pictures are not able to be downloaded. Occasionally Amazon had some sellers for about $200. I remember colleges and university libraries used to have many of their books sent to binders. So I wonder if some place makes photocopy reprints of various books. In the case of SILVICS by Burns and Honkala as tree reference books are so valuable for botany and horticulture that I cannot imagine why someone is not making them available as reprints. Instead of turning them into collectibles as a money making proposition, these books need to be available to those that need constant reference. Can the govt printing press, reprint these two SILVICS volumes of Conifers and Hardwoods. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
Is there a Secondary Publisher for out of print books?? colleges! beware of your copy of SILVICS of N.A. HARDWOODS, Burns & Honkala; for Amazon values it at $2,184
Silvics of North America: Volumes 1 and 2. are available for free
download as PDF files, which include all the photos: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/1547 http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/1548 They are also available on CD for $18.95 each: http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.a...starDB=GRAHIST http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.a...starDB=GRAHIST You can also buy photocopies. David R. Hershey a_plutonium wrote: a_plutonium wrote: a_plutonium wrote: For some years now I have tried to buy a copy of SILVICS OF NORTH AMERICAN HARDWOODS, Russell Burns and B. Honkala, June 1990. Which was a US govt printed book sold for $33 in the 1990s but appears to have gone out of print and put onto computer format to download. Trouble is that the pictures are not able to be downloaded. Occasionally Amazon had some sellers for about $200. I remember colleges and university libraries used to have many of their books sent to binders. So I wonder if some place makes photocopy reprints of various books. In the case of SILVICS by Burns and Honkala as tree reference books are so valuable for botany and horticulture that I cannot imagine why someone is not making them available as reprints. Instead of turning them into collectibles as a money making proposition, these books need to be available to those that need constant reference. Can the govt printing press, reprint these two SILVICS volumes of Conifers and Hardwoods. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
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