What Happens When Out of Stock On Amazon

How flattering.  Used copies on offer at Amazon.com for up to $800 some odd dollars.  What happens is if you are out of stock, which happened recently for me while I was printing another run, those with used copies jack up their prices hoping to find someone desperate.    Now that I am back in stock, the prices will come a-tumbling down.

Ideogram Etymology

This fellow is teaching physics at Beijing Normal, but it is his passion that is getting him renown:

For 20 years Richard Sears has been devoted to making the etymological information of Chinese characters available online for people to trace them back to their original form, when they were first carved or written on bamboo slips or silk more than 2,000 years ago.
Although the 62-year-old launched his website in 2002, it elicited little response from Chinese netizens until last year, when two Chinese newspapers published his story.
That led to Chinese bloggers praising his work, as well as bemoaning the fact government-funded cultural promotion agencies had been unable to create such a good website for people fascinated by Chinese characters. Each character on his website comes with three former variations - the seal script, bronze inscriptional and oracle bone inscription - and an illustrated guide on its etymology.

And next he needs to extend his reach worldwide by teaching his methods and having his students help in in the task.