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Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom (ISBN 0-9742469-0-5) was created by scientist Michael Hawley, along with photographers Carolyn Bess, Sandy Choi, Dorji Drukpa, Becky Hurwitz, Choki Lhamo Kaka, Gyelsey Loday, Christopher Newell, David Salesin, and Ming Zhang. It was edited by Christopher Newell. The book was published by Friendly Planet in December 2003 and is made up of photographs taken on four trips through Bhutan.

The book is certified by Guinness World Records as the largest book in the world. It measures five feet by seven feet, weighs approximately 133 pounds (60.5 kg), and has 112 pages. It costs $2000 to produce and sells for $10,000, which is donated to a charity of the author's choice.¹. Each image is nearly 2 gigabytes in size, and each copy of the book requires more than a gallon of ink and 24 hours to be printed².

The University of Washington libraries has a copy in its Special Collections ³.

References

^ Associated Press (2003-12-16). "Guinness: Scientist creates world's largest book". CNN. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003-12-15). "Guinness: MIT's Michael Hawley creates world's largest published book". web.mit.edu. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ University of Washington Libraries (2006-07-17). "Bhutan: The world's biggest book". Retrieved on 2007-10-26.

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