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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture A Sign of the Times, Brepols is having a series of sales (and/or offering its U.S. customers Dollar/Euro parity), including this one which might be of interest to some of the less Liturgically Challenged on this list. One wonders if this might, at long last, be some kind of Death Knell to the monumentaly STUPID Bidness Model which calls for publishing scholarly books at absurdly high prices (albeit not in the Mellon Press League, certainly when Quality is factored in), thereby effectively excluding the general scholarly community from its potential customer base, relying primarily on institutional buyers and, consequently, smaller printing runs which, in turn increases per volume costs which, in turn, raises retail prices which, in turn, excludes yet more of the scholarly customer base which.... c ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:01:05 PM EST From: Ludo Grard <[log in to unmask]> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Special offer of titles in the field of Liturgy Dear Customer, Brepols Publishers are delighted to present to you a selection of titles in the field of Liturgy at special prices. We invite you to follow this link http://www.brepols.net/publishers/pdf/LIT2008.pdf for a complete overview of the titles in this promotion. If you wish to order, please quote this reference number: LIT 2008. Do not forget to mention the shipping address on your order, and the invoice address if that should be different. Brepols Publishers undertake to minimize costs of shipment by sending books by "non-priority mail". Special prices are valid till 31 January 2009. Yours sincerely, Ann De Beukelaer Brepols Publishers ********************************************************************** 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