[INDOLOGY] New publication

[Joanna Jurewicz]

Dear All,

I am exactly in the same situation as Artur.  During our research, we
constantly struggle with such problems.

Moreover, it is difficult to buy such expensive books for our indological
library too.

Best,

Joanna


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dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz, prof. UW
Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa
https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz

2016-04-15 4:12 GMT+02:00 stella sandahl <ssandahl at sympatico.ca>:

> Dear all,
> I am glad that people finally start protesting against Brill's overprized
> books.
> As a matter of principle I have not bought a single book from Brill during
> my
> entire long career in Indological pursuits.
> Maybe we should all start boycotting Brill?
> Best regards to all
> Stella Sandahl
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>>>
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