OED and the QPBB

[degustibus]

"a little steep"

I'll drink to that.



--- "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail

>         Thanks for the answer, Jesse.  QPB is
> obviously limited in the amount that it can pay to
> provide a free service to book club members, for
> which OUP charges individuals $550/annum (which I
> think we can agree is a little steep).  I'll look
> forward with great interest to the reasonable
> individual subscription plan.
>
> John Baker
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Sheidlower [mailto:jester at PANIX.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:05 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: OED and the QPBB
>
>
> The answer is that QPB access to OED Online will
> probably not
> return. I won't attempt to assign blame to QPB;
> let's just
> say that the renegotiations weren't successful.
>
> On the other hand, we should be rolling out a
> reasonable
> individual subscription plan by the late Fall.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> Oxford English Dictionary


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