[phydaux]

Of course replacement copies are available!

You can get them at your local megabookseller for around $35.00.

And this time, don't try to force it to lay flat, or lay it face down and leave it for hours.

And if you absolutly have to do those things, then take it to Kinkos and have it sprial bound.

I've got lots of big, thick 2+2 books and I don't experience any of the problems some posters here complain about.