Right. Springer’s price gouging is well known to be based on a business model that depends on insanely high prices for institutional subscriptions to scientific journals that are primarily, or in many cases exclusively, distributed electronically. Springer thrives in a post-paper world. Matthew
Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Jonathan Silk <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2023 10:00:50 AM To: Matthew Kapstein <[email protected]> Cc: Richard Mahoney | Indica et Buddhica <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] New Publication on Logical Thought in India main non, mes amis: eBook €459.03 Hardcover book €599.49 So there is no paper involved for €460, and heaven forbid if you want it in paper. By the way, the extremely odd pricing suggests either that this is converted from another currency or that the pricing is calculated by some machine with zero human input; a price with 3 cents is not proposed by a human. Jonathan On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 9:55 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear Richard, The book we’ve been discussing is over 450 euros. I don’t believe that Springer’s extravagant pricing is a function of rising costs of paper. best, Matthew Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Richard Mahoney | Indica et Buddhica via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2023 5:33:16 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] New Publication on Logical Thought in India Matthew &c., It'll be curious to see the effect of the past two or three years on prices. (The cost of paper has certainly increased.) Some sort of comparison should be possible once figures find their way through to the ALA: Prices of U.S. and Foreign Published Materials https://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/collect/serials/spi Best, Richard -- T +6433121699 M +64210640216 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://indica-et-buddhica.com/ Indica et Buddhica Littledene Bay Road Oxford NZ NZBN: 9429041761809 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:matthew%20kapstein%20via%20indology%20%[email protected]%3e>> Reply-To: Matthew Kapstein <[email protected]<mailto:matthew%20kapstein%20%[email protected]%3e>> To: Jay Soni <[email protected]<mailto:jay%20soni%20%[email protected]%3e>>, indology <[email protected]<mailto:indology%20%[email protected]%3e>>, LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE<http://LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> LISTSERV Server (17.0) <[email protected]<mailto:%22listserv.uni-heidelberg.de%20listserv%20server%20%2817.0%29%22%20%[email protected]%3e>>, Vidvatparisat <[email protected]<mailto:vidvatparisat%20%[email protected]%3e>> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:%[email protected]%22%20%[email protected]%3e>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] New Publication on Logical Thought in India Date: 2023.02.11 23:22:59 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Thanks, Jay, I have the good fortune to use a library that has e-access and I can vouch for the considerable interest of the volume. For readers who may not have such connections, however, it is unfortunate that it is prohibitively expensive. May we hope to see a “cheap” edition some day? best regards, Matthew Kapstein Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Jay Soni via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:40:43 AM To: indology <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE<http://LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> LISTSERV Server (17.0) <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Vidvatparisat <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] New Publication on Logical Thought in India Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the editors Sarukkai and Chakraborty, it is my pleasure to bring to your kind attention this new Springer reference work publication: Handbook of Logical Thought in India Please find all the publication details here: https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-81-322-2577-5 With thanks and best wishes, Jay _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology [X] _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology -- Prof. dr. 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