I know I am a bit late to this conversation, but we offer flat rate shipping of $12 for all orders. This usually works out well, but for the books, $12 is excessive. Therefore, we have always listed a code for those people only ordering the book that lowers the shipping charge to $5. Here's a link:
http://www.motesorchids.com/sp...
Also, here is a link to the free YouTube video we recently uploaded for the first part of Dr. Motes's series on growing orchids in Florida.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Enjoy.
hawkarica said:Perhaps Mr. Motes could use brown wrapping paper instead of gold foil for his packages? 
Jim
