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From: George Valsamis <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 15 November 1998 11:12
Subject: Re: New databases
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>Chadwyck-Healey make me angry with those prices
But to be fair they probably did it all twice, with humans: and they have to
run their office off the profits too. Would they really sell 100 times as
many copies if they charged $450 a copy? The irony is that they might sell
more: at $450 we would happily buy the Acta (we call that about 250GPB). Are
there 99 others like us? (I hasten to add, in this respect)
We paid 90GBP for the Acta (or at any rate as many volumes as had then
appeared) in January 1859: perhaps someone has an economics colleague who
can turn 90GBP (1859) into US$ (1998). On the basis of our school fees, I
estimate about $27,000.
So maybe George has a point!
Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
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