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"Companion to the Roman Army" - Jona Lendering - 08-14-2006
I understand that Blackwell will publish a "Companion to the Roman Army", edited by Erdkamp. Does anyone have access to a table of contents? It sounds like a book we all need to buy, but the prize (85 pounds) is ridiculous, so I hesitate.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Praefectusclassis - 08-14-2006
That is in***e! Perhaps there'll be a more affordable paperback?
Have you tried contacting Paul?
I know that both Prof.Hekster & De Blois from this university have contributed. Undoubtedly the first has written about the emperor and the army, while the latter I know has written a chapter on the Late Republic.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Kate Gilliver - 08-14-2006
oh me gawd, I didn't realise it was going to be that expensive. Good thing I get a freebie!
I've done the chapter on the Augustan and early imperial army; my colleague Louis Rawlings has done one on the armies of the 4th-3rd centuries BC. I did have an author list but don't want to circulate it in case it's changed since Paul first circulated it.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Narukami - 08-14-2006
Eow!
hock: $149.95 on Amazon -- pre-order.
ISBN: 140512153X
It's now on the wish list, along with several other items, but will have to wait for "sunnier" financial days, so to speak. :wink:
Narukami
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Ebusitanus - 08-15-2006
How can a newly edited book be THIS expensive?
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Robert Vermaat - 08-15-2006
Scientific publication in small numbers... :?
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Ebusitanus - 08-15-2006
I´m sure they could make a few more numbers for the non so rich ethusiasts out there.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Praefectusclassis - 08-15-2006
Sure, but only to increase the profit. Academic publishers market their books to academic institutions (who just pay what they need to pay). Their break even point is calculated on selling it to those institutions. Since circulation there is only a few hundred copies, prices are high. All other sales only add to the profit. Mass market paperbacks are a whole other ballgame...
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Jona Lendering - 08-15-2006
Quote:I´m sure they could make a few more numbers for the non so rich enthusiasts out there.The point of publishing is that you have two main offices.
At the first entrance, you sell beautiful academic books. There's also a desk for a journal on poetry that no one reads. These books are only there for prestige; and these books must circulate not widely, because then people might become smart, and then the second office is no longer making profits.
The second entrance, on the other side of the block, leads to an altogether different publishing house. Here, they sell cheap books and make the money.
An example, here in Holland, is the Weekblad Pers Groep. It publishes my very own books, which -I hope- take away a prejudice or two; but through another department, it publishes magazines like Runner's World and Men's Health, which are (in my prejudiced view) opium of the people.
What worries me, is that the "good books department" is increasingly copying methods from the "popular press". For example, facts are no longer checked, and they don't sell books, but authors. It is very unpleasant.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Ebusitanus - 08-15-2006
And then they wonder that others start using the scanner. :roll:
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Tarbicus - 02-15-2007
Anyone got theirs yet?
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - jvrjenivs - 02-15-2007
Blackwell hasn't give it the status of availiable, so I think we all have to wait some more days till we can get this book.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Alexandr K - 02-15-2007
Hi,
when you'll type "companion to the roman army" into their search engine, it'll give one result where the publication dates are given as follows:
USA - 5.3.2007
Australia - 26.4.2007
Rest of the world - 26.2.2007
Greetings
Alexandr
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - Praefectusclassis - 02-19-2007
Blackwell - from an email I just received - is still unsure when exactly it will become available.
Re: "Companion to the Roman Army" - jvrjenivs - 03-16-2007
Blackwell has changed the status on this one to Available