Current Southern Baptist Convention president, Frank S. Page published the book Trouble with the Tulip in 2000. I was recently alerted that Amazon.com shows this book as unavailable, but had one used copy with an asking price of $1,842.54!!

I doubt the book is actually out of print since the second edition (pictured above) has a "2000, 2006" copyright notice. However they must be hard to find, especially if you try to obtain a copy from the publisher's (Riverstone Group Publishing) website.

Here's what I knew:
1. No new copies are currently available from Amazon.
2. The only used copy at Amazon is selling at a ridiculously exorbitant price.
3. I just happened to see the other day that our campus bookstore had four copies.

In the spirit of entrepreneurship, the gears in my head begin to whir (I do have to save toward next semester's tuition, after all). So, as you probably guessed, I now own four copies of the book. I am keeping one for myself and selling the other three on Amazon.com (for MUCH less than the previously used price).

If you want this book, you certainly don't have to buy it from me (there's always the $1,842 copy). However, you should know that in printing the second edition, Riverstone Publishing Group did not change the ISBN, which is a big no-no in the publishing world. So be careful what you order. I can tell you that all three copies I have for sell are in mint condition and all are second editions. They've never been read or even pressed flat. If you would like to get one from me, follow this link to Amazon.com.

Sorry for the shameless plug. Now back to your regularly scheduled blogs...