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| Damselfishes & Anemonefishes (Reef Fishes) | 
| Author: Scott W. Michael
Publisher: TFH Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 57200
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1890087971
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.3772
EAN: 9781890087975
ASIN: 1890087971
Publication Date: February 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good things... May 27, 2008
This book's excellent content is certainly equal in quality to the first three. Economics being what it is, I can understand the slightly lower paper, and cover, quality of this volume. As to the number of books in the series, while more books will ultimately cost more, I'm inclined to believe that the actual scope of Mr. Michael's project grew beyond his original anticipation, and the amount information in the set will be worth the cost, and the wait -- although I really want the rest NOW! Good things take time. Hang in there, Scott... And, BTW, I note from the preview of the next (wrasse) volume the page count will be higher than this volume, which further justifies the additional volumes.
I Beg to Differ May 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, the paper is not quite as good as on the previous volumes. But given the skyrocketing price of paper, this is no surprise. It is still perfectly adequate and the images are top-notch. It is no surprise to me that this has expanded to multiple volumes given the economics of publishing such low-demand books.
Scott Michael's series ultimately will be the most comprehensive series on marine fishes for aquarists. They are a treasure trove of useful information. I only hope they can get the rest of the series published in a timely fashion without compromising the quality and quantity of information.
 Good but I wish they would stop dragging them out May 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Still would buy it but I was disappointed in the fact that they keep dragging the series out. Originally it was suppose to be 4 books..........then it went to six....Now it is nine books according to the newest book. I would agree the quality is not as high as the first 3. Still the information is good. Still I will have NINE BOOKS in my Library instead of 4. Lastly who knows how much longer it will take to release the rest.
 Shame on you TFH Publications May 11, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
While the content of this book is outstanding inline with the rest of the series the publisher of this book took many shortcuts including useing lower quality paper stock then previous volumes, decreasing the size of the book and increasing the size of the series in order to make more profit. I am highly disappointed in the publisher for taking these steps. What was originally supposed to be a 3 books series grew to 5 books with precious releases and with the release of this book has grown to 8 with each subsequant book in the series containing less information than the last.
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