Re: Atlas of North American English

Christopher Culver wrote:
>
> "Carl Taylor" <carltaylor@xxxxxxx> writes:
> > "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> >> Should things that avaricious German (or Dutch) publishers price out of
> >> anyone's reach be counted?
> >
> > I'll take your question as nonrhetorical. Of course it should be counted.
> >
> > Isn't it rather more likely the $620 price tag reflects the total cost
> > of production and the limited market together with a reasonable profit
> > margin? And there are those, you know, for whom $620 is a pittance.
>
> Don't forget the typesetting. Mouton de Gruyter offerings are usually
> admirably typeset compared to most linguistics offerings. Hiring such
> a skilled person must cost money.

1. De Gruyter's typesetting is very often crap. And they often demand
CRC.

> And Mr Daniels, this is certainly within the reach of university
> libraries. The average entry in Mouton's "Trends in Linguistics"
> series costs $200, and my second-rate institution's library has most
> of them, so it's not as if this will be out of the reach of those who
> need it.

2. Some people don't have access to university libraries, even
second-rate ones.

3. E. J. Brill's "directors" insist on a FIFTEEN PERCENT profit after
taxes. (That was the Dutch linguistics publisher I referred to.) They
make John Benjamins's prices look almost acceptable.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
.

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