From: "G Bramfield" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <77em0tsg2sfjhcodo8u6dtoc77rf6uj7qo@4ax.com> Subject: Re: The Design of Relational Databases by Mannila and Raiha Lines: 45 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 02:07:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 161.184.182.254 X-Trace: news1.telusplanet.net 973908440 161.184.182.254 (Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:07:20 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:07:20 MST Hi Shawn! Have you tried Chapters.com? I'm not sure whether or not they are an afilliate of Amazon.com. Good luck! Regards, G! Shawn B. Wikle wrote in message news:p45p0tge0j59k8jiepmlj1d4jb3ktqh6kq@4ax.com... > Yes, unfortunately the book is out of print and, for some reason I > don't understand, Amazon says "check back later" instead of "would you > like to try an out of print search". I have also initiated searches > on a variety of out of print search services. I have left a "tell me > if this comes in" at Powell's. I have searched abebooks.com which has > inventories for a couple of hundred used book stores. I have > contacted the author to see if he knows of anyway to get a hold of a > copy. I have personally searched many of the used bookstores in > Austin where I live. > > I will eventually find a copy, but so far, none of my efforts have > borne fruit. > > Shawn > > On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:00:36 GMT, "G Bramfield" > wrote: > > >Hi Shawn! Have you tried Amazon.com? > >Shawn B. Wikle wrote in message > >news:77em0tsg2sfjhcodo8u6dtoc77rf6uj7qo@4ax.com... > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I am (desperately) looking for a copy of The Design of Relational > >> Databases by Mannila and Raiha - ISBN 0201565234. > >> > >> Will pay top dollar. > >> > >> Please email me at wik@jump.net > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Shawn Wikle > >> wik@jump.net > > >