The World's Largest Book: Bhutan

I was browsing the Amazon store and found out an interesting product which is a very expensive book that has been certified by Guinness World Records as the largest book in the world in 2003. This 122 pages book weighs approximately 133 pounds (60.5 kg) and measuring 5x7 feet when open.

This gigantic book is made up of photographs taken on four trips through Bhutan. What makes it expensive is not because that each copy of the book requires more than a gallon of ink and 24 hours to be printed but about $100 per page is donated to Friendly Planet (a publicly supported charitable organization).

You might be surprised because this book is sold with price $30,000.00 and usually ships within 3 to 5 weeks from Friendly Planet. However, since this book is produced on demand for donors, you need to wait for a month or two for your copy to be built and you will receice the book together with a certificate from Guinness World Records. 

Now I believe that buying such a giant book for our home library would be quite silly, therefore the smaller book is available so you can view the photographs in the pages by hands.

The smaller book is rather expensive than other books because it contains photographs. So, if you haven't got the chance to see panoramas and architecture of Bhutan from the giant book, buy the small one.