It really bothers me that we are not allowed to purchase older editions of resources which have been replaced by newer editions. I use BAGD as an example, which has been discontinued since the release of BDAG. The problem is that there are still many links in resources to BAGD. To be fair, I offer the following observations:
1. I understand that publishers do not want the older editions competing with the newer editions.
2. I WOULD NOT want the links that originally went to BAGD to be redirected to BDAG. They are not the same resource, and the original citation was to a specific edition. Things change and it would not be appropriate to simply redirect citations in this manner.
My solution would be to allow those who have purchased the newer editions, in this case BDAG, to be allowed to purchase the older edition as well. This way, the publisher is guaranteed the proceeds from the newer edition, and the additional proceeds from the older edition are icing on the cake.
This would seem to benefit everyone involved. No one would be required to purchase the older editions, the publisher and Logos can only benefit, and those who want the older editions can get them.
I am mainly talking about resources which have already been produced by Logos in the past and have been discontinued. I do not know that I would expect Logos to spend extra time to create new resources for older editions, but I would still purchase them if they did!
I use BAGD as an example, but I was actually lucky enough to be able to purchase it in an older collection.
