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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 51, December 16, 2007, Article 6 ANA JOURNAL CANCELED It's Good News / Bad News from the American Numismatic Association on the numismatic literature front. Tim L. Shuck of Ames, IA writes: "I received a letter Monday indicating cancellation of the 'ANA Journal: Advanced Studies in Numismatics'. From the letter: "Unfortunately, member interest and author participation in 'ANA Journal' were not as strong as we had hoped. In addition, continued production was not feasible given current budgetary and staff resources. However, plans are under way to compile and make available the papers presented each year as part of the Maynard Sundman Lecture Series at the ANA World's Fair of Money. "The letter, from Managing Editor Andy Dickes, continues with options for how to handle the unused portion of the subscription. I'm not entirely surprised at this, as I recently read an article (in Coin World, I think) indicating the dearth of subscribers, high expenses relative to income, and possibility of cancellation. If I recall correctly I was one of fewer than 200 with a paid subscription. I don't have enough history in numismatics to put this loss more broadly in perspective, but I enjoyed and learned from the issues I received." [Numismatic history is littered with publications that start off with good intent only to fizzle for one reason or another. I was also a subscriber to the defunct publication, hoping to show some support and add another good periodical to my library holdings. I'm keeping mine, but it will be interesting to see how complete sets are valued in the numismatic literature aftermarket. -Editor] Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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