Dear Uli, Thanks for your email about the book, but I already have it. I bought it immediately, before it was printed. Indeed it's an optimum book. Best wishes Gianluca Corazza Il giorno mar 19 mar 2024 alle ore 06:24 Uli via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> ha scritto: > This is another, different announcement from the one you might have read > a few days ago, concerning the USA > > As many of you might have heard, the publisher of the Book > Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa by Graham Duncan and Barbara Jeppe is > closing. There are books available at half price which are being sold by > the South African Bulb Company. The Pacific Bulb Society has negotiated > a bulk order for this book at half price. Postage of the bulk to Europe > will be divided between those who order and postage to each individual > will be added. The PBS does not gain any profit out of this, it is a > service at cost for the membership but non-members are also welcome to > order.. > > However, as this book is not new, we would like to asses interest in a > bulk order to Europe before we proceed. The book is about 3kg heavy so > that the postage will be expensive even if shared. The book is very > good, though. > > Please come back to me (Uli, my email is > johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de) if you are interested. We need a > minimum number of orders to make it worthwhile and we would ask you to > state a binding interest before we order. We do not expect a pre-payment > as this would mean to start a second payment procedure for the postage. > You would receive a payment slip together with the book, same as we do > for the BX. > > If you live outside the EU it might be worthwhile checking with the > South African Bulb company directly as postage outside the EU might eat > up the good price. There will be a bulk order in the USA, but postage > from the US to other countries is expensive, too. > > UK members should contact the Southern African Bulb Group > https://www.sabg.tk/ who will also do a bulk order. > > We cannot exactly state the final price because the postage of the bulk > order depends on the number of books ordered and on the individual > postage to you. > > Please do not hesitate to contact me in case of questions > > Uli (and Martin) > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…