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I'm looking for Jim Sisti's Magic Menu compilations, but can find the fist volume ("The Magic Menu - The first five years") anywhere...
I know it's out of print, but perhaps someone has an idea where they might still have a copy...?
I tried to enter it in the Trade section, but don't seem to have any access...

Trades were restricted to people who had 50 posts or more because people were trying to trade things which TM doesn't allow - such as DVDs and books.

Here's a link: http://www.alakazam.co.uk/acatalog/Books_38.html

Try www.magicbooksbypost.co.uk and enter Jim Sisti in tne search function. They're showing both volumes avaiable at the moment.

Thanks for the hints guys, I had checked several other sites, but all of them gave the out-of-stock or out-of-print message as soon as I wanted to order...

I just placed the order at Alakazam. Strange, I didn't even know this shop existed, and that with my username...

Which makes me wonder: there must be hundreds of e-shops out there. Which ones are your favourites and are worth checking regularly? Since I'm a book-fanatic, the mentioned magicbooksbypost will certainly get added to my list, but are there also others I should consider?

And if I keep going, I'll get to that 50 post boundary sometime and gain access to the trade section...

Why is it that books can't be traded? I can imagine someone owning some books s/he no longer uses, so why can't s/he trade them...??

Books and DVDs can't be traded because that way the creator looses out - unlike a prop, once you've read a book and absorbed the knowledge you no longer need the book to perform the material within.

Theoretically, ten books could make their way around hundreds of magicians over time - so instead of getting, say, the profits of one hundred book sales, he only receives a tenth of that. That's an extreme example, but the underlying point is the same.

It's all about supporting the creators .

Alakazam is the place I shop from most often.

And since I'm all for protecting and rewarding creativity, I fully support...