[INDOLOGY] New publication

[Artur Karp]

Dear All,

If I mentioned the value of my pension, it was not with the aim to elicit
some sort of compassion. It was meant to show the dramatic discrepancy
between the prices Brill demands for its publications and the ability of
people (some indologists among them) to buy them.

Personally, I do not have too many needs, and am perfectly comfortable with
what I have. It's just, damn it, that I want to read and learn. Being
unable to fulfill that one need - just because books are being overpriced
and more and more often beyond my reach - makes me frustrated.

Kind of second class citizen complex.


My regards to All,

Artur

2016-04-14 9:13 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:

> Dear All,
>
> I hate to spoil the fantastic news about the two important publications.
>
> The prices. Prof. Bronkhorst's book's price ($ 199)is close to one third
> of my monthly pension. Prof. Zysk's ($ 299) - close to one half of my
> pension.
>
> Excellent work there, on the publishers side, but their prices exclude me,
> definitely, from their prospective buyers list.
>
> Is my University's Library going to buy the books? One cannot be certain,
> not considering financial restrictions faced by the educational
> institutions in Poland.
>
> Artur Karp
> Warsaw
> Poland
>
> 2016-04-14 8:42 GMT+02:00 Kenneth Gregory Zysk <zysk at hum.ku.dk>:
>
>> Also from Brill but in the Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series is my
>>
>>
>>
>> *The Indian system of human marks* in 2 vols. Brill, 2016. ISBN:
>> 978-90-29972-6.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.brill.com/products/reference-work/indian-system-human-marks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Kenneth Zysk
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* INDOLOGY [mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info] *On Behalf
>> Of *Johannes Bronkhorst
>> *Sent:* 13. april 2016 13:36
>> *To:* indology at list.indology.info
>> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] New publication
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear friends and colleages,
>>
>>
>>
>> My latest book has come out:
>>
>>
>>
>> *How the Brahmins Won: From Alexander to the Guptas*. Brill, 2016. ISBN:
>> 9789004315198.
>>
>> http://www.brill.com/products/book/how-brahmins-won
>>
>>
>>
>> Johannes Bronkhorst
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>> indology-owner at list.indology.info (messages to the list's managing
>> committee)
>> http://listinfo.indology.info (where you can change your list options or
>> unsubscribe)
>>
>
>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20160414/c2e4985f/attachment.htm>