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On Tue, May 7, 2019 9:28 am, Anne Willis wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Borrowing books can be expensive too if you don’t have access to a
> University library. My local library is extremely helpful, but the
> charges have had to go up and up due to the savage UK government cutbacks
> on local authority services. More than once it has been suggested to me
> that it would be cheaper to buy a book from Amazon or look on the
> second-hand market. It can be worth waiting here; I eventually got a book
> on William Sweetland, the eminent organ-builder of Bath, for less than
> half the new price.
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> Some books are obtainable for about 10% less than the advertised price
> from Church House Bookshop if they have a ‘Church Times’ price, though
> that does mean reading the relevant copy of ‘The Church Times’ to find
> the code. The staff at Church House Bookshop are helpful , and delivery
> is prompt.
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> Anne
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> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
> culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul
> Chandler
> Sent: 07 May 2019 08:49
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Monastic Medieval Monarch.
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Good call, Bill. These access fees are becoming more and more oppressive,
> especially for retired or independent scholars, and for faculty and
> students at smaller universities without the huge library budgets which
> multiple subscriptions demand. They licensed-use model has changed the
> whole nature of "publication", with surprisingly small resistance -- at
> least so it seems -- from those most affected. Book publishers, in many
> cases, have transferred almost the entire publishing workload onto
> authors (and unpaid peer reviewers) while scholarly book prices
> skyrocket. When I was a librarian I saved money by buying many titles on
> the second-hand market (review copies would often appear quite rapidly
> after publication and at bargain prices) but second-hand prices are now
> absurd: it is not unusual to see a second-hand copy of a book still in
> print at two or three times the new price. -- Paul
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> On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 23:06, Schipper, William <[log in to unmask]
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Unfortunately, the publication (Romance Studies) is published by Francis
> and Taylor. They charge US$43.00 for 24 hours access or download, and
> US$244.00 for 30 days access or download. Unless, of course, you are a
> member of an institution that already pays exorbitant fees to F & T for
> access.
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> If you want everyone to read it, you should make it available on a public
> site.
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> Bill Schipper
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> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
> culture <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > On Behalf Of Gerard Cheshire
> Sent: May 6, 2019 7:35 AM
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> Subject: [M-R] Monastic Medieval Monarch.
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear Members,
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> The peer-reviewed paper titled The Language and Writing System of MS408
> (Voynich) Explained is now published in the journal Romance Studies:
> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566
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> There is plenty of information relevant to your interests to be sourced
> from the manuscript.
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> Please disseminate the link to other scholars who may find the paper
> useful to their research.
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> Regards,
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> Dr. Gerard Cheshire.
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> Research Associate.
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> University of Bristol.
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> https://bristol.academia.edu/GerardCheshire
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