I got my copy yesterday and only paid $4.36 for shipping but it was UPS 3 day airmail from charlesriver.com (the publisher). I am new to Carrara and modeling so I'm not sure how good it will be but it seems to explain things pretty well but I've only read the first couple of chapters and looking forward to getting into the modelers. I think they give the 20% discount still and ground and airmail shipping is reasonable.