medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I hold no brief for the Edwin Mellen press--but list members should be
aware that they do occasionally publish quite good books--Anne Barstow's
book on Married Priests and the Reforming Papacy, for example. So don't
just write everything off. Best, Megan
>
> At the risk of doing just that, I could add that I have always been
> perplexed by the business model of the Edwin Mellen Press. They go out
> of their way to say that the are *not* a Vanity Press, which only
> reinforces the point that everyone thinks that they are! I suppose
> they survive by producing cheaply, and selling expensively to academic
> libraries. There is a suspicion that they publish books that no-one
> else will.
>
> John Briggs
>
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