After I had come down from cloud 10 or more, I went back to the Amazon page, as I thought it looked different. Sure enough, it was, there was now one actually for sale. I went to that site. I was very upset that the Book Depository site was quoting a price less than I have told you - my friends here on RCTQ. I was sent a parcel of books, in advance of royalties. I thought I would take the advantage to let friends and colleagues have the book at less than the cover price. I did not know that retail outlets would be getting them for less than my equivalent price. So, I cut my price a bit from the cover price, and added the actual postage charge. I presume that the Book Depository has some kind of deal with a shipping organisation, as I couldn't get anywhere near to their price - even surface mail. I feel truly terrible about this. I will e-mail those who have asked me for a book. I won't be able to match the Book Depository price, but I'll try to do something. I feel that I have been made to look like a profiteering villain, albeit unwittingly. Please believe me that I would never do anything that even hinted at dishonesty or sharp practice.
I hate cluttering up the NG with another message concerning my book. But, I felt I had to explain to you. This message doesn't need replies to clog up the newsgroup. I'll try to sort things out from here.