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Re: Bowditch versions
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jan 30, 6:06 PM
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jan 30, 6:06 PM
$99 is a "gouge" price. The government prints the book and if you must have it, do not pay $99. Normal bookstores do not carry it often because they have to get it from the Government Printing Office and they do not make good money unless they raise the price a lot. Celestaire is a kinder company and sells the book at a reasonable price. Buy from them and give them the business! As far as reading in bed, the 1995 Bowditch is very large (8 1/2 x 11) and thick, and it will not be good in bed. I would recommend downloading the PDFs, printing them 2 up on a good laser printer, and you could have a much nicer bedtime reading experience. The original Bowditches (1802 until 1865 at least) were a smaller size that are also nice to hold and read... but they are a bit fragile now! :-) Dan -----Original Message----- From Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Yves Arrouye Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:35 PM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Bowditch versions Is $20-something an "on sale" price? I'm asking because Amazon.com (or was it buy.com, whoever) lists it at $99, and Celestaire at $25. And I'm wondering if the $25 price at Celestaire is only because of the upcoming 2000 edition. If that's the case, I'll be tempted as Patrick to buy the 1995 at a reasonable price. For what I'll do with it, I'd rather put down the difference towards other sailing stuff. YA - 3 ring binders don't make good bed reading anyway :)
