If you bid it's up to you. It's a big book and shipping gets expensive. I try to be as helpful as I can when it comes to shipping, but for something this big I can't waive the shipping. I offer free shipping on all but 2 items because of their size. Shipping's been coming out of my own pocket till now, so occaisionally I'll have to charge shipping on some bigger things. That's all there is to it.