We sent a note to Russ about this, but since the discussion here is digressing toward credit cards and away from ballads, I just thought I'd chime in.

We can't currently accept American Express because the credit card processor that we were able to get an account with most easily doesn't offer it. We're exploring other options, but when it was a choice between getting online quickly and not supporting AmEx initially, we did what we did. (Let's not digress into a discussion of other processors and payment options, please :)

With regard to ballads, Malcolm is correct -- the new edition incorporates those tunes that are available for the particular texts that Child uses. Some ballads have multiple tunes printed, some have none.

We're currently exploring the possibility of a Bronson edition, but naturally there are rights issues, and we know everyone is eager to see the rest of Child...

For those of you who should be receiving your copies of the book soon, please post to let us know what you think.

(I'm only a casual visitor to Mudcat, so if you need a quick response to a question, please email.)