Why are books on our hobby so expensive?

[MBVette]

Saw something on a new book by Tony Vargas called "Life coach for your reef" and wanted to check it out. Foster and Smith has the book listed at $45, then we have "clownfishes" for about $200 and Im sure there are other examples. Why cant these books be $20 like most every other book that is printed.

[Dr.eclipse]

i would guess thats there not a bunch of copies like twilight you know? just not a huge market for it.

[dbartco]

We have a library you are able to check out books from. The clownfishes book is not in there, but a number others are. A list, well, I need to get a full list posted. What are you looking for?

[MBVette]

nothing imparticular, just something I noticed. I enjoy having books like this, great to read and some make great coffee table books. I actually have clownfishes if anyone ever needed to borrow it.

[dbartco]

1. "Corals" Eric Borneman

 

2. "Invertibrates" Julian Sprung

 

3. "The book of the Marine Aquarium" Nick Dakin

 

4. "Marine Fishes " Scott W Michael This covers the care requirements of every SW fish that can be kept in an aquarium it's a must have.

 

5. "A simple guide to Marine Aquariums" Jeffrey Jurtz

 

6. "Sharks" Andrea and Antonella Ferrari

 

7. "Corals a Complete Pet Owners Guide" Barron's

 

8. "A guide to corals for the mini reef aquarium" Herbert Axlerod

 

9. "Dynamic Aquaria Building Living Eco Systems" Walter Adey This book gets very deep into the scientific side of ecosystems.

 

10. "The art of Lassen" Almost 200 pages of Lassen's artwork. I

 

Magazines:

11. Jan 2001 Tropical Fish Hobbyist

12. 2000 Marine Fish and reef

13. 2001 Marine Fish and reef

14. 2006 Marine Fish and reef

15. June/July 2005 Coral Magazine

16. March 2002 Aquarium Fish Magazine

17. April 2002 Aquarium Fish Magazine

18. December 2001 Freshwater and Marine Aquarium

[Jan]

Clownfishes is $200.00? Wow! I have that one. Also have "Aquatic Systems Engineering:Devices and how they function" that is also crazy expensive.

Edited February 10, 2012 by Jan

[davelin315]

Clownfishes is $200.00? Wow! I have that one. Also have "Aquatic Systems Engineering:Devices and how they function" that is also crazy expensive.

Clownfishes has been out of print for a long time and with the new craze of breeding fish it has become invaluable for marine aquarists. The price has only gone up - for awhile there was a vendor who had around 30 of them and was selling them for face value... they didn't last very long. When you are also talking about only having used copies available and they go for that amount, it's crazy. I got mine for $20 some odd awhile back used from someone. Have never even read it but figured it was worth buying and having.

[Jan]

It's just amazing that a paperback book can cost so much. My copy is brand new. I think I opened it twice. Same for Aquatic Systems Engineering; not an easy book for laypersons.

 

Clownfishes has been out of print for a long time and with the new craze of breeding fish it has become invaluable for marine aquarists. The price has only gone up - for awhile there was a vendor who had around 30 of them and was selling them for face value... they didn't last very long. When you are also talking about only having used copies available and they go for that amount, it's crazy. I got mine for $20 some odd awhile back used from someone. Have never even read it but figured it was worth buying and having.

 

 

 

 

 

[Chad]

^Jan, I have been keeping my eye out for that book for a while. If you ever consider parting with it let me know first! I missed my chance years ago when it was still in print.

[Coral Hind]

We have a library you are able to check out books from. The clownfishes book is not in there, but a number others are. A list, well, I need to get a full list posted. What are you looking for?

 

Do we still have the "corals of the world" by Vernon available?

[jaddc]

These books are on par with the pricing for similar reference books in other hobbies/topics. The publisher increases the price to compensate for the projected low sales volume relative to the classical literature involving vampires.

[Jan]

Will do.

 

^Jan, I have been keeping my eye out for that book for a while. If you ever consider parting with it let me know first! I missed my chance years ago when it was still in print.