I would love to see this series in Logos:
I would love to see this series in Logos: The Cambridge History of Christianity
It would be nice, but at $200-$250/ vol, it's too rich for my blood (But if it dealt with biblical theology, I might manage it) [;)].
On Amazon they're available for $94.80-$189/ vol, and Kindle versions of things are often less, so maybe there's a way Logos could negotiate $40-50 per volume and $300 for the whole set ($125 in prepub). Then I'd go for it!
EDIT: See my more recent post much further down in this tread. Hallelujah -- there's now one volume out in Kindle/Nook for under $20, so these could be affordable in Logos!
In a heartbeat.
Looks interesting. For 125.00, I would be in too.
The price would certainly need to be reasonable, but the TOCs look very interesting, and I love that they spend more than half of the volumes on the interesting parts of church history, instead of getting stuck on the most boring centuries.
And let's add The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature as well. Lots of Andrew Louth and a little Sebastian Brock. And considerably less expensive.
Did anyone notice that the site Rosie sent us to has almost 300 of the Cambridge History volumes available online now?
Not for free, but still, online! My Dad has all the volumes in the Cambridge Ancient, Medieval, and Modern history sets, and I grew up looking and reading through those volumes. I've always wanted to start collecting my own set, starting with the Christian History volumes, of course!
But its still super cool to see them online now! I sent in an inquiry for a price for individual access, so when that comes back I'll post it here if anyone is interested.
Not for free, but still, online! … I sent in an inquiry for a price for individual access, so when that comes back I'll post it here if anyone is interested.
Looking forward to that info.
Yes, I'm curious.
George, Rosie,
Surprisingly, it seems very affordable for individuals! Here is what I got back: "Thank you for your interest in Cambridge Histories Online. Individualsubscriptions cost $365 per year. Let me know if you would like ordering information."
I did have to fill out some information, some of which included my yearly "budget", which I took to mean salary. It was a wide number though, something between $20K and $100K a year, so I don't know if that influenced the price told to me.
But still, not too bad of a price! That comes out to the cost of about 3 volumes a year if you were to buy them in hardback. Not a bad investment for someone who likes to read broadly on the subject of history.
Surprisingly, it seems very affordable for individuals! Here is what I got back: "Thank you for your interest in Cambridge Histories Online. Individualsubscriptions cost $365 per year. Let me know if you would like ordering information." But still, not too bad of a price! That comes out to the cost of about 3 volumes a year if you were to buy them in hardback. Not a bad investment for someone who likes to read broadly on the subject of history.
I wouldn't consider that an "investment" -- it's something you pay for access to it only for the year; after that, if you stop paying every year you lose access to the books. If I could buy the entire set for $365 and actually own it permanently, then yes I'd consider it a good investment. But I think that much for a subscription is out of my range. Maybe if I were a historian and were likely to read 10 or more of the volumes in one year it would be a wise use of my money (I wouldn't pay 120/volume for any book, even if it were in my field of expertise). Or if I had no ethical qualms about using the year to copy and paste all the text of all the volumes to somewhere so I could keep it after my subscription time were up and read other volumes or search through them later as the need arose. But I'm not going to do that.
I would love to see this series in Logos: The Cambridge History of Christianity And let's add The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature as well. Lots of Andrew Louth and a little Sebastian Brock. And considerably less expensive.
I say yes to both! We do need more in depth Church History books (in my humble opinion).
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For those interested, I was able to play around with some of the online volumes in the Cambridge Histories Online series.
I visited a local university library (Rice University in Houston, TX) and I was able to access them all for free from one of the public computers. Didn't even need a login. You may want to check with your local public and university libraries to see if they've purchased access to the series. Depending on the rights, you may even be able to access the series through the library's website from your own home. This was the only library in the Houston area that had offered access to the series.
I didn't really try to search through them all, as that's pretty basic and a decent introduction is already provided on the series website. I was more interested in the delivery and presentation of the electronic text.
The series uses separate PDF files to display a chapter at a time. Each chapter can be downloaded for offline use. Just to try it, I downloaded a whole book (some 45 chapters) and it didn't stop me from doing it. These PDF files displayed very nicely on my computer screen and my iPad. Very readable even on an iPhone.
All the text is searchable and highlightable. I found no built-in restrictions in the PDF files, so one could copy and paste, or annotate directly to the PDF file if they wanted to. The older volumes seem to be scans of the books, while for the newer volumes it looks like they used the original electronic files to make the PDF versions. The older scans were less refined, but very easy to read and use.
All in all, I was very satisfied with the experience. Its a great resource if one has free access to it, or doesn't mind paying the $365 a year for rights. If one were to purchase the History of Christianity series in hardcover, that price would be equivalent to having five years of access to well over 300 additional Cambridge History volumes.
Personally, I'd like to get it at some point. I recently inherited my Dad's entire Cambridge History collection (some 40 volumes), so I'd like to continue the tradition of reading and learning from these books!
I agree this looks interesting. Is there any review of these volumes somewhere?
Rosie, if you can negotiate those prices, I would go for it immediately. [:)]
On Amazon they're available for $94.80-$189/ vol, and Kindle versions of things are often less, so maybe there's a way Logos could negotiate $40-50 per volume and $300 for the whole set ($125 in prepub). Then I'd go for it! Rosie, if you can negotiate those prices, I would go for it immediately.
Rosie, if you can negotiate those prices, I would go for it immediately.
The prices have gone up on Amazon. The higher priced volumes are now $249. [:(]
I never suggested I could negotiate prices.
Well, the good news is that the NEB and the REB were licensed from Cambridge, so there's now a publisher relation. Always a first start.
I know Rosie, I meant it as a joke... sorry.
Wow! Volume 4 is now available for Kindle at $19.80 and Nook for even less ($17.99)! So yes, these would be extremely reasonable to get in Logos, and I hope we can see the whole set sometime soon.
On Amazon they're available for $94.80-$189/ vol,
The paperback volumes on Amazon seem to be in the $35-$40 range. They apparently are expensive only in the hard cover versions. This should mean that it could be possible to see it reasonably priced in Logos. From what I can tell, there are 9 volumes. The whole set could possible sell between $300 and $400.
On Amazon they're available for $94.80-$189/ vol, The paperback volumes on Amazon seem to be in the $35-$40 range. They apparently are expensive only in the hard cover versions. This should mean that it could be possible to see it reasonably priced in Logos. From what I can tell, there are 9 volumes. The whole set could possible sell between $300 and $400.
Did you see my last post, posted today just before yours (you were replying to a much older post of mine -- from more than 2-1/2 years ago -- further up in the thread)? I'd just noticed that one volume is available on Kindle for $19.80 and on Nook for $17.99, so they could reasonably be $20 or so in Logos, which means the whole set of 9 could be around $200 (perhaps even less in pre-pub). That would be awesome!
Yes it would!
And so would having the rest of the Cambridge Histories in Logos (ahem, Faithlife) format!
Sorry, Rosie, did not notice the time stamp. The resource certainly has come down in price. Hopefully Faith life will be able to get a license for it
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