 |
 |
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 > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html