Mary, you are correct, sorry. I was just getting caught up in the passion. I am very excited about this book, but how many people in the world would want this book, and how many people will actually pay for it? It's sad, but even if you add up all of the botanic gardens, the universities that might be interested, and the bulb enthusiasts - the number would be low. Bottom line is that this book will not appear in many libraries, and even though we may not be the largest bulb group ( I imagined we are since IBS has been so innactive), it would be hard to imagine if there are more than 1500 bulb enthusiasts world-wide who might consider buying this book.Let's remember how special it is - 600 pages and all about Lachenalia? That is pretty specific, so a tome with that many pages plus color images is certainly something that won't come along often. Dylan - Yes, it's expensive, no doubt, but these are more like text books than trade or mass market books. I would support the group approaching Kew to see if we could arrange a reduced cost, if only for shipping charges alone. But I may order soon, for fears that this will sell out. I imagine that the print run will be pretty low. One idea might be to see if Kew is planning to offer a digital version for eBook readers. The cost could be as low as $14.99 if that happens. I have not seen any of the Kew Monographs offered this way yet, but they may be avoiding that since any reduction in hard-copy sales will impact the cost of publishing an analog copy, increasing the price more. On 3/28/12 11:10 PM, "Hannon" <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Matt Mattus >> Worcester, MA >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/