I just checked my orders and 29 are being released in April and May - that's 7 or 8 times the usual rate. I can't decide whether to be joyous (for the resources) or tearful (for the hit to the pocket book).
I can understand your confliction since I have slightly fewer being released in that time. Fortunately for me, however, many are those I bid on in CP. <Whew !>
I feel your pain. I have 41 orders shipping in April alone. Fortunately, all but one of them are priced at under $100 and even that one is only $104.95, most of them were originally CP's and thus are way less, e.g., $12, $6, $5, $4, $2, etc. Still, the total hit for me in April will be a bit over $1000. But it could have been a lot worse if there'd been several large pre-pub bundles released in the same month, which has happened before.
I have just one with a shipping date:
... and I have painfully many and expensive pre-pub orders. I don't know what to do, which ones to cancel, not to go bankrupt. I have my money on a savings-account which I won't access until late March 2015. Despite being much younger than You, I have a long-term budget for treats, including school-books. The budget is a great idea but I lack ideas how to keep within it.
Many of these resources are being rushed through so as to be included in the new base packages, it is always best to check if it would be cheaper to buy a base package instead as it is often much cheaper that even a few prepubs.
Good advice Mike. But I've already purchased the highest Anglican and Lutheran bundles I can afford.
I did one better, I purchased the highest bundles I could not afford.
If Logos would offer a (line of) base-package(s) containing very up-to-date resources only, I would consider (some level of) it. No, I don't go with very up-to-date resources only, it varies depending on topic and how I expect the scholarship to develop while I work on getting a base knowledge and language skills. Publishers sometimes dictate what Logos can offer, as with the giant Eerdmans one-time release late last year, which I'm guessing was negotiated between the parties to include 500 books that would be a good idea to introduce and probably some of them were included only because they were already electronic at the publisher.
My interest demands a lot - I have to set aside a lot of time for reading, making highlightings and searches, and a lot of money. If I would talk about this with more friends they would advice me not to see spending a lot on books as inevitable. I DO NOT know where I could get hold of advice what books to buy and which ones not to. I feel like if I ask every time I'm making decisions that will set the plan I disturb others who have no use/interest for my questions, the answers to it, or are on a different "level".
Yoicks! I just looked at my orders .......... I want those books ...
BUT! there are so many of them.... *smile*
So???? What do I do???
Hoicks!?! Or .. Yikes!
Q: Why has the awkward and ugly word “conflate” suddenly appeared in the media? There are so many more pleasant synonyms, but this clunker has become the rage. Yoiks!
A: I’m surprised that you don’t like “conflate.” It’s actually a pretty handy term, meaning to bring together or fuse. It’s not new, either. It’s been around since 1610, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
It comes from the Latin verb conflare, meaning “to blow together, stir up, raise, accomplish; also to melt together, melt down (metals),” according to the OED.
“Conflate” in its figurative sense, meaning to fuse two texts or pieces of information, dates from the 19th century. The earliest citation in the OED for this usage, from an 1885 article in the American Journal of Philology, refers to two Greek terms that “are undoubtedly early, since they are conflated.”
So, this is a case of an old term being revived and looking new again.
Speaking of old terms, “yoicks” (the usual spelling), began life in the 18th century as a call used to urge on foxhounds. It may be related to an even earlier hunting term, “hoicks,” which the OED traces back to the beginning of the 17th century.
“Yoicks” is occasionally used (as you used “yoiks”) in a more general way “as an exclamation of excitement or exultation,” according to the OED. Here’s an 1884 citation for the exclamation from Blackwood’s Magazine: “With renewed spirits he jumped into a hansom, and gave the direction … ‘Yoicks!’ cried he to himself, ‘I’m going it!’ “
Of course you may have meant “yikes,” a relatively recent term that the OED dates back to only 1971. The dictionary defines it as an exclamation of astonishment of unknown origin, though it notes similarities with … yes … “yoicks.”
H-m-m. Is “yikes” a conflation of “yoicks” and “hoicks”?
"Conflate” in its figurative sense, meaning to fuse two texts or pieces of information, dates from the 19th century. The earliest citation in the OED for this usage, from an 1885 article in the American Journal of Philology, refers to two Greek terms that “are undoubtedly early, since they are conflated.”So, this is a case of an old term being revived and looking new again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL22e30bFic
Old things becoming new is great! Goodnight!
"Conflate” in its figurative sense, meaning to fuse two texts or pieces of information, dates from the 19th century. The earliest citation in the OED for this usage, from an 1885 article in the American Journal of Philology, refers to two Greek terms that “are undoubtedly early, since they are conflated.”So, this is a case of an old term being revived and looking new again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL22e30bFic
Hey, George! Did I EVER enjoy that! !!! Thanks so very kindly, eh?! *smile*
Fun! I'd never seen that movie before. Now it's on my watchlist.
Yikes, yoicks, and hoicks!
I don't know from the OED, Milford, but those sound like minced oaths to me [;)]
I'm definitely excited. I'd set aside money...now if only the Jonathan Edwards collection would burst through
Yikes, yoicks, and hoicks! I don't know from the OED, Milford, but those sound like minced oaths to me
I don't know from the OED, Milford, but those sound like minced oaths to me
Peace, Robert! I tried to look it up; however, couldn't find out what a "minced oath" is! *smile* So, sorry I can't respond to that.
In general, the other words were used by me in a hopefully humourous manner to communicate the dilemma of having more Logos Resources "coming on stream" than I can reasonably handle !
Yikes, yoicks, and hoicks! I don't know from the OED, Milford, but those sound like minced oaths to me I tried to look it up; however, couldn't find out what a "minced oath" is!
I tried to look it up; however, couldn't find out what a "minced oath" is!
A minced oath is a euphemism for a profanity. "Yikes" is one of the few exclamations that I don't believe has any origin in a vulgar or blasphemous term. Jiminy Cricket, Jeepers Creepers, Jeez, Cripes, and others are clearly euphemisms for the name of our Lord. Yikes might sound somewhat like Christ because it has the same vowel, but I have not located any etymology that traces it thus. I think the Oxford English Dictionary entry which Milford cited is most likely to be correct. And here's the entry from the Etymological Dictionary Online which corroborates it. Incidentally, it would be great to have an etymological dictionary of English in Logos.
couldn't find out what a "minced oath" is!
Just country-boy humor [;)]
I feel your pain. I hope this will not be the norm moving forward. It is interesting to note that I seldom pass on most Community Pricing resources but this time the cost added up too high. With pain I went through my orders and deleted well over half of them, wanting to shed a few tears along the way [:'(]
I guess I am lucky I am only in a little over $500 for the two months.
-Dan
Peace Robert! AND Rosie! I can't believe that I didn't know what a minced oath is! Thanks for expanding this old guy's horizons! I DO remember my Pastor when I was a teenager warning about doing that very thing! (to me and to our youth in our country church!) I just never connected it to the definition: minced oath! I'm glad you've blessed me with knowledge and information! Thank you! *smile*
I can't believe that I didn't know what a minced oath is!
I didn't know it either, but I found it right away when I googled it. I was puzzled that your search came up with nothing.
I saw the word "minced" and thought of minced onions. Minced means chopped into tiny pieces. So imagine an oath or swear chopped into tiny bits. It makes sense that it would be less forceful that way. Thus are euphemisms. I personally don't find most of them offensive, but I try to avoid them when I'm around others who might be sensitive.
I can't believe that I didn't know what a minced oath is! I didn't know it either, but I found it right away when I googled it. I was puzzled that your search came up with nothing. I saw the word "minced" and thought of minced onions. Minced means chopped into tiny pieces. So imagine an oath or swear chopped into tiny bits. It makes sense that it would be less forceful that way. Thus are euphemisms. I personally don't find most of them offensive, but I try to avoid them when I'm around others who might be sensitive.
I find almost all foul language inoffensive but crude (and not something i would encourage)... The minced ones don;t bother me much. I will say I once new a Pastor in the United Church of Canada, a nice enough fellow, second generation clergy. I went to his youth group, and I must say I always cringed internally at least with his frequent usage of Jesus, as an expletive. I never did bring it up with him, but I felt it was a poor example. Personally I would have been far more comfortable with almost anything else. Although I can see how one may slip there... I know more than once in my falls I have cried out God help me. Thankfully 50 years of falling I have never had anteing more than bruises.... When I think of the probably near 100 times i have gone down a flight of stairs tumbling... I feel lucky...
I was unable to keep so many titles coming to production and though it pained me to do so, I had to cancel around 10 orders, keeping the 4 I am going to struggle to purchase.
To Dan! *smile* Peace and Love to you! Along with you, Dan, I'm sure ... I believe in Blessing ... not luck! Cannot sleep tonight so am up and in the next little while will be talking to our Gracious Father -- in the Name of His Precious Son Jesus -- about you, Dan! And will be doing so again in the future! *smile* Thanks for sharing, my friend!
[:'(]
Feeling the pain also there is way too much coming through in April and it is not material from the new base packages. I had already removed all of those from my prepub list previously. I didn't' count the number of orders I cancelled or have remaining. Simply fact what was being released didn't line up with my budget so it had to be culled. Some good titles including community pricing had to be culled. I' think most of what I have kept is community pricing except maybe for one item. Books or Bundles that were 20% off for example, will just have to wait till they go on sale at some point in the future or maybe show up in a future base package or some sort of Mega Bundle when it comes to the community pricing titles I had to cull. Still I already have a fabulous library in Logos even without what I have had to cull. That puts the pain into perspective, making it momentary.
If I were you I wouldn't cancel any CP's or anything with an extra discount for early buyers until the last day. Logos' shipping slips too often for that. Imagine a $200 resource you got on CP for $20 slips 4 months, to when you could very well afford it -- except you already cancelled.[:'(]
I decided to subscribe to 'book cache' to build up a 'reserve' for all my upcoming orders.
https://www.logos.com/products/search?q=book+cache
Blessings! and Shalom !
