Book points are awarded to members for achievements in the BAP, HAP and Bowl Show programs. About twice a year, those who have earned book points may cash them in for aquarium related book purchased by MAS. Our club is able to obtain popular and rare books at bargain rates.
The Book Points Chair will publish the earned points at monthly meetings near purchasing time. Each person with points to spend will be given a list of books with the corresponding book point value. Books not on the list might also be ordered with the chair determining the point values pending the book cost and availability to MAS.
The value of book points is determined by a percentage of BAP/HAP sales, so the exact dollar value spent by MAS can vary slightly for each purchase. The value is determined by how much the book costs the club, not the retail price. Historically the value has translated into about 2 dollars per point.
| Title | Author | Points |
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| General |
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| Setting Up a Freshwater Aquarium : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet | Gregory Skomal | 5 |
| Complete Aquarium | Peter W. Scott | 7 |
| 101 Essential Tips: Aquarium Fish | Dick Mills | 2.5 |
| Manual of Fish Health | Dr. Andrews | 9 |
| Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes | Herbert R. Axelrod | 34 |
| Aquarium Atlas (Vol. 1, 5th Edition) | Rudiger Riehl, Hans A. Baensch (Contributor) | 8.5 softcover, 12 hardcover |
| Aquarium Atlas, Volume 2 | Hans A. Baensch, Rudiger Riehl | 10.5 softcover 13.5 hardcover |
| Aquarium Atlas, Volume 3 | Rudiger, Dr. Riehl (Editor), Hans A. Baensch | 12.5 hardcover 10.5 softcover |
| Baensch Aquarium Atlas : Photo Index 1-5 | Hans A. Baensch, Gero W. Fischer | 25 hardcover, 13.5 softcover |
| Aquarium Fish: 300 Fresh-Water Fishes and Plants in Community, Species, and Biotope Aquariums | Ulrich Schliewen | 7.5 |
| Fish Behavior in the Aquarium and in the Wild | Stephan Reebs | 7 |
| The Essential Freshwater Aquarium | Betsy Sikora Siino | 4 |
| A Commonsense Guide to Fish Health | Terry Fairfield | 5 |
| Complete Encyclopedia of the Freshwater Aquarium | John Dawes | 17 |
| The Simple Guide to Fresh Water Aquariums | David E. Boruchowitz | 6.5 |
| Aquarium Fish Breeding | Jay F. Hemdal (Author) | 6 |
| Handbook of Fish Diseases | Dieter Untergasser | 10 |
| Plants |
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| Aquarium Plants Manual: Expert Advice on Selection, Planting, Care, and Propagation | Ines Scheurmann | 3.5 |
| Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants | Peter Hiscock | 8.5 |
| Nature Aquarium World: Book 1 | Takashi Amano | 10 |
| Aquarium Designs InspiredNature by | Peter Hiscock | 5 |
| Aquarium Plant Paradise | Takashi Amano | 3.5 |
| Nature Aquarium World: Book 3 | Takashi Amano | 8 |
| Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist, Second Edition | Diana L. Walstad | 12 |
| Aquarium Plants - English Edition | Christel Kasselmann | 32.5 |
| Nature Aquarium World Book 2 | Takashi Amano | 11 |
| The Biotope Aquarium: An Authentic Imitation of Nature in Your Home: Setting Up Natural-Looking Aquariums | Rainer Stawikowski | 3 |
| Fish - AOV |
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| Tetras and Other Characins | Mark Phillip Smith | 4 |
| Bettas | Robert J. Goldstein | 4 |
| Gouramis and Other Labyrinth Fishes | Gary Elson | 4 |
| Bettas and Gouramis: Understanding Siamese Fighting Fish, Paradisefish, Kissing Gouramis, and Other Anabantoids (Fishkeeping Made Easy) | David Alderton | 5 |
| Rainbow Fishes: Keeping & Breeding Them in Captivity (Re-615) | Derek Lambert | 2 |
| Rainbowfish Complete Owner's Manual | Gunther Schmida | 4 |
| Catfish |
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| An Atlas of Freshwater and Marine Catfishes A Preliminary Survey of The Siluriformes | Dr. Burgess | 25 |
| Hobbyist Guide to Catfish and Loaches: The Bottom Dwellers | Andrews | 2 |
| Bristlenoses: Catfish With Character | Kathy Jinkings | 5.5 |
| The World of Catfishes | Midori Kobayagawa | 10 |
| Guide to Catfishes (Back to Nature) | David Sands | 10 |
| Corydoras: The most popular armoured catfishes of South America | Werner Seuss | 17 |
| Colored Atlas of Miniature Catfish: Every Species of Corydoras, Brochis & Aspidoras | Dr. Burgess | 8.5 |
| Catfish | Oliver Lucanus | 4 |
| Killifish & Livebearers |
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| Killifish: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual | Steffen Hellner | 4 |
| Success with Killifish | Ed Warner | 4.5 |
| Pearl Killifishes, The Cynolebiatinae | Costa | 8.5 |
| Nothobranchius | Dr. Jobb | 4.5 |
| Guppies, Mollies, Platys and Other Live-Bearers: Purchase, Care, Feeding, Diseases, Behavior and a Special Section on Breeding (A Complete Pet Owner) | Harro Hieronimus | 3.5 |
| Swordtails and Platies | Herbert R. Axelrod, Lothar Wischnath | 29 |
| Cichlids |
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| South American Eartheaters | Thomas Weidner | 17 |
| Lake Malawi Cichlids: Everything About History, Setting Up an Aquarium, Health Concerns, and Spawning (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) | Mark Phillip Smith | 3.5 |
| Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids: Everything About Purchasing, Care, Nutrition, Behaviour, and Aquarium Maintenance (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) | Mark Smith | 4 |
| Discus Fish | Thomas A. Giovanetti | 3.5 |
| The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution | George W. Barlow | 6.5 |
| Tanganyika Cichlids in their natural habitat | Ad Konings | 27.5 |
| The Guide to Owning Angelfish: Disease, Varieties, Care, Species, Breeding | Braz Walker | 4 |
| Lake Victoria Basin Cichlids: Everything About History, Setting Up an Aquarium, Health Concerns, and Spawning (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) | Mark Phillip Smith | 4 |
| The Cichlid Aquarium | Paul V. Loiselle | 14 |
| Guide to Malawi Cichlids (Back to Nature) | Ad Konings | 12.5 |
| South American Dwarf Cichlids (Aqualog Book, Vol. 1) | Dieter Bork | 22.5 |
| Guide to Discus (Back to Nature) | Dick Au | 10 |
| Dr. Clifford Chan's Book of Singapore Discus | Clifford Chan | 6.5 |
| Baensch/Mergus Cichlid Atlas, Vol. 1: | Uwe Romer | 16.5 |
| Enjoying Cichlids: 2nd Edition | Ad F. Konings | 17 |
| Dwarf Cichlids: Keeping & Breeding Them in Captivity | David E. Boruchowitz | 4 |
| The Guide to Owning Central American Cichlids | Richard F. Stratton | 4 |
| The Cichlids Yearbook Vol. 3 & Vol 6 | Ad Konings | 12.5 |
| Cichlids of the World | Robert J. Goldstein | 14.5 |
| Guide to Tanganyika Cichlids (Back to Nature series) | Ad Konings | 10 |
| Malawi Cichlids: Mbuna | Mary Ellen Sweeney | 3 |
| Malawi Cichlids in Their Natural Habitat 3rd ed | Ad Konings | 26 (16.5 for 1st ed) |
| Lake Malawi Cichlids from Tanzania | Andreas Spreinat | 18 |
| Tanganyika Cichlids | Ad Konings | 20 |
| Tanganyika Secrets | Ad konings | 20 |
| Aqualog Reference books |
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| African Cichlids I Malawi-Mbuna (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Erwin Schraml | 40 |
| Aqualog African Cichlids II, Tanganyika I Tropheus | Peter Schupke | 40 |
| South American Cichlids I (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Ulrich Glaser | 16.5 |
| South American Cichlids II (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Ulrich Glaser | 16.5 |
| South American Cichlids III (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Ulrich Glaser | 19 |
| South American Cichlids IV: Discus and Angels | Manfred Goebel | 37.5 |
| Loricariidae all L-Numbers (Aqualog Reference Books) | by Ulrich Glaser | 15.5 |
| All Corydoras (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Ulrich Glaser | 19 |
| Aqualog All Rainbows and Related Families | Haro Hieronimus | 22.5 |
| Killifishes of the world - Old World Killis I (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Lothar Seegers | 23 |
| Killifishes of the world - Old World Killis II (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Lothar Seegers | 20 |
| Killifishes of the World - New World Killis (Aqualog Reference Books) | Lothar Seegers | 30 |
| all Livebearers and Halfbeaks (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Frank Schaefer | 45 |
| all Labyrinths (AQUALOG-Reference Books) | Frank Schaefer | 19 |
| Goldfish & Koi |
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| Fancy Goldfish: A Complete Guide to Care and Collections | Erik L. Johnson | 10 |
| Koi: Living Jewels of the Orient | Steve Hickling | 10.5 |
| Koi: Everything About Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, Pond Design and Maintenance, and Popular Aquatic Plants | George C. Blasiola | 4 |
| The Cult of the Koi | Michugo Tamadachi | 13 |
| Marine |
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| The Simple Guide to Marine Aquariums | Jeffrey Kurtz | 6.5 |
| The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in the Aquarium | Alisa Wagner Abbott | 6.5 |
| Dr Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes | Warren E. Burgess | 22 |
| Your First Marine Aquarium: Everything About Setting Up a Marine Aquarium, Aquarium Conditions and Maintenence, and Selecting Fish and Invertebrates | John H. Tullock | 4 |
| Complete Encyclopedia of the Saltwater Aquarium | Nick Dakin | 17 |
| Baensch Marine Atlas Vol 1 | Helmut Debelius, Hans A. Baensch, Horst Moosleitner | 10.5 |
| Baensch Marine Atlas Vol 2 | Helmut Debelius, Hans A. Baensch, Horst Moosleitner | 8.5 |
| Baensch Marine Atlas Vol 3 | Helmut Debelius, Hans A. Baensch, Horst Moosleitner | 8.5 |
