[KS] Korea and Her Neighbours

[Henny Savenije]

If you have a good OCR program it is a matter of half a day work to 
scan the whole thing and convert it to text. You just need someone to 
proofread and correct the small mistakes which are inevitable.


At 04:52 PM 7/11/2006, Thomas Duvernay wrote:

>I have a first edition copy of volume one on order right now.  I'm 
>not sure when I'll receive it, but I'll have it put to text soon 
>after it arrives.
>
>
>Thomas
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brother Anthony" <ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr>
>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [KS] Korea and Her Neighbours
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>
> >
> > This is a valuable resource, certainly. But the file only 
> contains the text of volume 2, so can I inquire
> > if there is any intention of making the first volume available as 
> well? The complete text (of the American
> > edition, I believe) was reprinted by Kegan Paul International as 
> a cheap paperback in the 1990s, (it having
> > been previously reprinted by Yonsei University Press in the 
> 1970s) but currently only the hardcover edition
> > is listed as being available (at 85 pounds sterling) on the 
> publisher's home page but it is also available
> > through Columbia University Press (who serve as N. American 
> distributors for the aforesaid Kegan Paul) at
> > the bargain price of $144.50 so it would certainly be good to 
> have a free version of the complete work
> > available online.
> >
> > Brother Anthony
> > Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
> > http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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