Which one’s Andy?
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Handbook of Western Palearctic birds (1 Viewer)
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Which one’s Andy?
Andy Adcock
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Antpittas (Jul), African Raptors (Clarke Aug), Birds of Japan (Brazil,Jun) as well as three New Naturalist titles and an Eagle Owl monograph from Poyser.
There's also a new British Ladybird guide due in Nov.
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Melanie
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Great bookshelf. Every library might be envious. HWPB has high priority on my bird book list. But highest priority in general has HMW 8.
Andy Adcock
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HPWB is still set for July according to Bloomsbury's UK site rather than the September on their US site
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/handbo...9780713645712/
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https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/handbo...9780713645712/
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Jim Martin
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John Cantelo
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Good of you to arrange publication on my birthday but can you please make sure it arrives on the day?
Stephen Dunstan
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I'm confused now. Should this say 'this is correct' and it is publishing in September not July.
Andy Adcock
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Andy Adcock
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Judging from the NHBS preview pages Scottish Crossbill is treated as a subspecies of Common. Maybe that will sell a few copies less? ;-)
Andy Adcock
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Jim Martin
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Andy Adcock
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Are you in a position to tell us what the early sales figures have been like Jim?
There has been discussion about the book here as you're no doubt aware with some who just can't wait and others a little less excited by a photo guide.
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There has been discussion about the book here as you're no doubt aware with some who just can't wait and others a little less excited by a photo guide.
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Steve Lister
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Anybody thinking of ordering it but put off by the price then Birdguides/Birdwatch have a reasonable pre-publication offer.
Steve
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Andy Adcock
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Waiting for a clearance sale!8-P
Not really, but this might well become a candidate. I hope not, after all the efforts that have been put into this magnificent set. But somehow, I wonder whether there is still a high demand, after all the handbooks and other sources that are available these days.
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Andy Adcock
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Many will, indeed already are, enthusing about this book, I intend to wait and get more feedback.
It's not cheap, I can't see how it's going to provide much or indeed anything that's not already out there and, I personally have an aversion to photo guides, don't know why, just do.
If the reviews are overwhelmingly in favour, I may be tempted but not in th very near future for me.
Despite having a fairly good collection of books, I bet I'm one of the few, who doesn't have Shirahai's Israel book!
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John Cantelo
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Whether you consider the book expensive or not rather depends on how you look at it. A pack of 20 fags, I gather, is about £9, so the coast of the book is equivalent to a week or two of smoking (depending on your consumption rate). These two volumes, if they're all they're cracked up to be, will surely give years of pleasure and enjoyment to their owners. That seems like a good deal to me!
Andy Adcock
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John,
someone new to birding who doesn't already have creaking bookshelves, may well buy it however, those of us a bit longer in the tooth, may deem it an indulgence that doesn't bring anything new to the table but each to their own. Rather than comparing it to cigarette consumption, as I've never smoked, I'd rather say that it's 25% of an airfair to Africa.
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