Mr. Green,
I must have misconstrued the facts and I apologize for that. I was under the impression the pubisher pulled the plug on the book just because, not knowing the publisher was yourself.
My admiration for you is even greater now because I know you had to make tough decisions about the direction you wanted your book to take. There's is no shame in admitting you treasured your work enough to know a different publisher could do better and until you found one that cared for your work as much as you did, you would take matters into your hands. This character trait, I bet, is very common among engineers; sometimes, you just have to do the damn thing yourself. haha
I would love to hear more about your story on the Amphour or on this forum and hopefully Dave and Chris are reading this and will put this one at the top of their list.
Cheers!