ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING IN NUMISMATICS

Readers may be interested to learn that the Celtic Coinage of Britain website statistics now show 3000 unique IP addresses logging onto the site monthly, usually with multiple sessions.

This audience is much larger than that of my original 1989 book (the website is an electronic version of the book). The march of electronic publishing for things like catalogs and articles is a very powerful trend.

Over the last year, I decided to do a third edition of the book. Theoretically having the choice of electronic vs. print proved not to be much of a choice - electronic wins hands down. You can't beat "free on the internet" if you want to get your work in front of the widest possible audience.

Many, if not most numismatic publications aren't money-making propositions for the authors. So "free on the internet" poses no monetary loss for them. There is the loss in ego-boost in being able to look up on a bookshelf and see your name emblazoned on a spine - but I've found the monthly website statistics supplied by my host much greater evidence that my work is reaching my readers and finding new ones.

I switched over from print in 2012, and I'm not looking back. This from a life-long book lover, antiquarian book collector and retired independent bookseller (17 years).

My advice to would-be numismatic authors: learn a little Adobe Dreamweaver and get on with it. You can do it - and don't fall for the "you can't teach old dogs..." rubbish!

To visit the Celtic Coinage of Britain website, see:
www.vanarsdellcelticcoinageofbritain.com/

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