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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2055383, member: 19463"]I feel your pain.  I am not on this page:<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=doug+smith&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hFmsVOutCu3CsASxxYC4BA&ved=0CDgQsAQ&dpr=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=doug+smith&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hFmsVOutCu3CsASxxYC4BA&ved=0CDgQsAQ&dpr=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=doug+smith&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hFmsVOutCu3CsASxxYC4BA&ved=0CDgQsAQ&dpr=1</a> My website is on the sixth page of Google.  About 15 years ago it was third behind the pianist and the guitarist on Altavista but in that time the Internet has found a lot of more important people with my name.  There are many good books.  There are many worthless books.  The idea is to buy the ones that are good and sell for prices that will be offset by the good you get from them.  On several occasions I have come forward with the opinion that beginners can dispense with buying a lot of expensive books and I still believe that there are more books that sell for prices over their value than there are bargains.  The Internet is a bargain.  Coin Talk is a bargain.  Books vary.[/QUOTE]