Thought this would interest a few people: Encyclopedia Britannica (32 vols.)
Oh yes! VERY yes! [Y]
Expensive for a partially dated work. Why not bid $100 instead of the current projected price $140?Yes I know the pre-pub price will be $449.95.
Expensive for a partially dated work. Why not bid $100 instead of the current projected price $140?
You can certainly do that. I did.
While this collection would be very interesting, I am not sure how much it is worth. I love encyclopedias and would love to own this collection, but how much is a 100-year old collection worth?
This "dated" edition is superior to the current edition of Britannica. The 11th edition is recognized by many as the best ever published. I already have this edition on CD but am willing to bid $140 to have it in Logos. I'm thrilled it is now in Community Pricing.
I would be glad to have this for my Logos as well. I bid $100.
The projected price is now $100. All it took was me moving my bid down to $100. There was already a projected bid (probably only one bidder) at $140 when I initially bid, and my reflex was to bid the projected price. But this is much better. However I would have been willing to pay $140 for this.
A side note: I got a free complete print set of Britannica from someone who just left it in the book giveaway area at Regent. It's the 1961 edition, which is pretty close to when I was born, so I thought it would be kind of fun to have. However it's still in boxes now from my latest move (in 2006!) and I haven't missed it. But if it were more accessible, in Logos, and the wonderful 1911 edition to boot, I'd probably have fun browsing around in it from time to time. The print ones take up so much shelf space.
Another side note: We had a set of Britannica when I was a kid that my mother had acquired used somewhere. I can't remember what year it was, but it was an old one. It lived in a bookshelf right near the dinner table, and whenever anything came up that required looking in an authoritative source, out would come the encyclopedia.
Thanks for sharing those moments. I, too, have fond memories of EB 1976. Though rarely now, I reach out for a volume or two to browse through. [8-|]
David
There was already a projected bid (probably only one bidder) at $140 when I initially bid
Not guilty.[:)] I only bid $40.
I just did some quick research on the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Wow, it is very, VERY racist! The stuff written in the article on "Negro" makes me physically ill. I suppose one could purchase this and put it in a collection with, say, Robert Dabney's "A Defence of Virginia."
Not guilty. I only bid $40.
Me too!
The Encylopaedia Britannica is a compilation of articles chosen by the editors. Those chosen for inclusion do not represent all other authors included therein. If I recall correctly Maggie Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood) submitted an article on family planning. Her view of Blacks was shameful and genocidal. The content is certainly a "sign of the times." Maybe a bit like Lady Gaga changing the words to the national anthem to "Land of the free, and home of the gays." Maybe a bit like Martin Luther's tirade against Jews. Maybe a bit like John Calvin executing Michael Servetus. ~All signs of the times.
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Yup, those were the times when that was commonplace. Someone recently shared an old song book (1908) from my alma mater on an alumni Facebook page, and it contained some appalling lyrics, e.g., "Massa Had an Ole Grey Mule," "Roll dat cotton bale; Niggah ain' half so happy As when he's out o' jail." Thank God such stuff is no longer acceptable. (But goodness, can't our more enlightened society forgive a cooking TV star who used to say the n-word back 30 years ago? Many people did. It doesn't mean it was right to do so even then, but most who did have reformed their ways by now too.)
EDIT: my alma mater (in the North) recently completed a study showing that it had benefited from the slave trade in the 18th century, despite the common perception that that was a Southern thing only, and it apologized publicly for that past and has some proposed initiatives to help make it right: e.g., creating a center for the study of slavery and injustice, rewriting the college's history to acknowledge the role of slavery, creating a memorial to the slave trade in the state, and recruiting more minority students.
I'll put in a lower bid on this item . . . just because I love encyclopedias. However, I'm curious to hear from some pastors how they are planning to use an old set of encyclopedias in a day when we have something like Wikipedia.
I have changed my mind completely since I first posted. (And Rosie has also raised her bid.) This resource is worth a lot. I'm much more interested in days gone by than today's science and knowledge other than Bible scholarship. And yes I have studied a bit of Science and Maths at college, if I have the energy to do some more I will but no I'm not going to look up scientific things in Wikipedia or other current encyclopedias.
Todd, why are You asking when You are not interested in the resource? Bidding below $160 won't help at all. Better to bid high and cancel Your bid when it goes into production if You are not interested. And if it takes just 3 years for it to make it into production which You suggested in the other thread then that's a very short time.
However, I'm curious to hear from some pastors how they are planning to use an old set of encyclopedias in a day when we have something like Wikipedia.
Great question. Lame answer: I probably won't.
Reality: I don't need the set for current research. But when I'm in a position to see how certain things (e.g. politics, world view) were reflected in the past it becomes useful. Some things do not change, some do. For instance, the first article in volume 14 is "husband" would you love to read that in light of today's environment?
I will more than likely drop a low-ball bid on it since it is not vital to me. But I will watch what develops later.
Bidding below $160 won't help at all.
Better to bid high and cancel Your bid when it goes into production if You are not interested.
Better to not bid than be deceptive.
Although I'm mildly interested in this I don't think it has much of a chance to go into production. It is still hovering at 10% after all this time.
Thank you. I can see the work's value (albeit low bid) from that perspective.
It's not deceptive in this case. This particular resource has a lasting value so Logos has good chances of profiting on it after it has went live because there will be people buying it for decades in the future:
And it won't ever make it into production at a low price.
Todd, why are You asking when You are not interested in the resource?
I am interested in knowing how others are planning to use this in their ministry. I'm interested in EB but not at the suggested bid.
Bidding below $160 won't help at all. Better to bid high and cancel Your bid when it goes into production if You are not interested.
I won't do this - wouldn't be fair to Logos and I don't think this is what God would want me to do.
And if it takes just 3 years for it to make it into production which You suggested in the other thread then that's a very short time.
I think this was a post by someone else?
No, Logos doesn't calculate for that:
Logos must surely calculate for a few of these:Better to bid high and cancel Your bid when it goes into production if You are not interested.
Yes, that happened to be by someone else. It's hard to memorize who is who when everyone doesn't have clear avatar pictures:
I think this was a post by someone else?:And if it takes just 3 years for it to make it into production which You suggested in the other thread then that's a very short time.
It would be fair to Logos. Logos would get more non-Christian customers:
No problem. I haven't spent much time on the forums. My first thought when I saw this was "did I push the wrong button?"
It would be fair to Logos. Logos would get more non-Christian customers
I'm going to have to think this through. I don't see it this way.
What other software company/library system would be better for producing the EB?:
I'm going to have to think this through. I don't see it this way.:It would be fair to Logos. Logos would get more non-Christian customers
What other software company/library system would be better for producing the EB?
No software system would be better than Logos. I already have this classic edition of EB in digital format. It is not as searchable as a Logos resource.
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