This is part of an Email my good friend James sent me and he makes a very valid point about buying his book from him, CT Rogers, Dice702, or others within the hobby versus Amazon etc. These authors don't get rich by doing these books and we are fortunate anyone makes the personal sacrifice to provide us with them.

First how to buy the book from James:

Yes $39.99 and $5.01 to ship Priority envelope.

My all new 4th edition Price Guide is now $39.99 and $5.01 to ship Priority
mail for a total of $45. The book is now in stock and I am processing orders
as fast as I can.

Sending a check to James Campiglia is preferred but paypal is accepted.

casinochipbook@bresnan.net

Thanks for your interest and enjoy the great hobby of chip collecting!

James Campiglia
PO Box 11284
Bozeman, MT. 59719-1284
author of "The Official US Casino Chip Price Guide"

Then, James's comments:

Basically my feeling when someone told me they are not going to get their
hair done at the beauty saloon was this "If you stop going and everyone else
stops they will go out of business. When you want to get your hair done they
will not be there!" As much as a person wants to save money it's way better
to keep it local and not give in to the seemingly better deal at Wal Mart or
the cheaper tires at X to save a few bucks.

Keep money in AMERICA where it belongs- the best that you can. And yes I
know my book was printed in China but this was out of my control. I can not
afford to loose $54,540 as I did on printing the first book myself in the
U.S. and to spend $11,000 more marketing the book with ads, flyers, etc.
etc. My publisher warehouses the books, has the contacts with the mom and
pop book sellers as well at the big guys. For me as self publisher to get
into the big stores I learned was impossible.

So when a guy posts on the board to go buy at Amazon or B&N and take away
money from book sellers like myself, Dice702, CT Coins, etc. they are real
jerks!!!!! Support those in the hobby.

James Campiglia