ANTSTORE World of Ants

[SteveUK28]

Hiya Guys..
I've just brought myself a second hand ant book.. Ways of the Ant by John Crompton.. Not read it yet.. but will..
I was just wondering has any1 else read any ant books.. and are they any out there that are considered like the bible of ants???
Thanks
Steve

[Purifier]

Im a little bit read-foul
I only read "The basics of ant keeping" from Antstore. Its not a big book (31 pages) but perfect for a beginner and the first questions.

[SteveUK28]

lol i have that book.. however its all in german i believe lol.. any1 want it ???

[Messorus]

I have a ,,Journey to the ants" by B. Hölldobler and O. E. Wilson, very very good book! This book presents inteligent world of ants and their life... Here you can read about organisation of leaf cutters, drive ants, ant predators and about a lot of interesting ant species...

[Purifier]

Hölldobler is a great one in ant knowledge. So his books should be the same i believe.
Maybe i start reading again in the future?! When you read books about your hobby or fascinating things you read it much faster and/or easier

[SteveUK28]

ROFLMAO Yeh i just priced one of his books it was over £100

[Purifier]

WHOAT??!! Over 100 Pounds? Thats really brutal. Its a good book but its still only a book

[Messorus]

In UK, is price from ,,Journey to the ants"? Oh my good. In my country is price from this book about 7 pounds
I know, than Holdlobder´s and Wilson´s ,,Ants", are from price about 100punds...

[SteveUK28]

The Ants is the name of the book that was over £100.. ive seen one or two others over £100 aswell.. I've got another book coming called an ant is born by Harald Doering & J M McCormick. Any1 heard of it ?

[damondeionno]

I have The Ants. It is very good. It's an academic level text. Some people here are questioning the price, but plenty of computer games cost £40 and how long do they last, and what do you learn from them?

[Purifier]

Thats not the point. Keep in mind what a normal book costs. All games costs about 40 or 50 €. But i could not remember when i saw a book around 100€. For sure, special books costs a lot, but i dont wanna study ants i only want to know interesting stuff....
So i would say 100€ for a book is to much.

[damondeionno]

But i could not remember when i saw a book around 100€.

If you go into an academic bookshop you will see lots of books in this price range. The reason is that they are published on very small print runs for a specialised audience, but they take a lot of resources to collect all the data.

Believe me, they are full of 'interesting stuff'.

All games costs about 40 or 50 €.

Yes they do, and what does that tell you about their inherent worth?

I buy both, but I think it's a bit sad that people nowadays are happy to pay high prices for throwaway software but don't like the idea of paying a fair price for knowledge.

[Dr.House]

@damondeionno: WORD You're right ... I don't remember when I bought a book with less than 80 to 150Euro, even standard literature (with higher print run) cost that much. Studying is expensive

If you go into an academic bookshop you will see lots of books in this price range. The reason is that they are published on very small print runs for a specialised audience, but they take a lot of resources to collect all the data.

Like you said, this book is a steal

[miszt]

'The Ants', imo is worth every penny of its £100/€150 price tag, i've wanted a copy myself for a long time, managed to get a few oppertunities to spend a few hours with copies over the years, and wow is all i can say

[uta]

I only read "The basics of ant keeping" from Antstore.

In the next time we will have it in english-version!

greetings