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@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@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@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@list.indology.info] On Behalf Of Johannes Bronkhorst
Sent: 13. april 2016 13:36
To: indology@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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