September 11, 2005 VNN8821 Softbound Gita
BY MUKTA KESA DASA USA, Sep 11 (VNN) Hare Krsna. AGTSP. PAMHO. It seems the BBT has frozen devotees out as they are not publishing the softbound Bg Gita As It Is in order to deplete their stock of hardbound. The system is ironclad in that ordering softbound Gitas from the BBT in India is a no-no and I am at my wits end in trying to resolve the delema.
We have a large prison ministry program which has received a major setback as the inmates here in America are not allowed to receive hardbound books....also complicating matters is that the postage to send a hardbound is considerably more for those few institutions that do allow them. If you have knowledge of a source of the softbound edition of the Gita I would appreciate it. I have heard that there are some competitors with the BBT printing and distributing SP's books but I cannot locate them on the internet.