Apparently when the used price of her small, inexpensive book Picture This started rocketing into the stratosphere (as I write this, US$73 here in the US for a paperback that sold originally for US$12.95), author Molly Bang decided to figure out what the heck was causing this phenomenon and found me ;~). Picture This has been on my recommended books page for some time, and last week I highlighted it in the photo caption on this page and apparently triggered another mad rush for it.
I'll quote from Molly: "It is only temporarily out of print. This week Chronicle is sending 150 copies to Amazon, and they're printing another several thousand that'll be available in a couple of months."
So, don't succumb to the rush, folks. Wait until it comes back into stock and you'll save a fair chunk of change. And while I'm at it, don't buy my original Nikon Flash Guide, either. It doesn't cover the digital flash systems and isn't worth the US$39.95 to $100 it is going for right now.