Hi Marlo:
 
I have a copy of the book you're looking for and would be glad to let you
borrow it.  Just show up at the
club meeting and I'll have it then.
 
Doris
-----Original Message-----
From: Marlo Krisberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 9:16 PM
Subject: Test
 
 
>This is a test putting in practice some of the issues being discussed on
the subject of data on the
>net.  I'd like to obtain a book.  I'm told it is excellent in its treatment
of some Caribbean
>seashells.  If I understand correctly, it was published once in 1988.  I
have not been successful in
>finding a dealer offering this book.  I've been told that once in awhile a
dealer "gets their hands
>on a copy and offers it."  All this seems to say that the initial printing
was sold and future sales
>will not benefit the authors or publisher.  If this book will from now on
only be available when
>someone is willing to sell theirs, how do those of us who might want one,
and those in the future,
>avail ourselves of the knowledge and contribution made by the authors?
Now, what if I know someone
>with a copy and they are willing to email or send a photo copy of some
material from the book.
>Should they share it?  Should sharing this product be forever barred?  Is
this the reasonable and
>legitimate way to treat knowledge?
>
>Marine Gastropods from Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire
>K.M. DeJong and H.E. Coomans
>E.J. Brill
>
>--
>Marlo
>Merritt Island, Florida
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