Re: [xmca] Jack Goody book

From: Shirley Franklin (s.franklin@dsl.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Oct 20 2005 - 02:34:10 PDT


I have ordered a copy of the book. Clicked on he tile and was charged
39.95 dollars, automatically ( plus 7 for shipping).
So watch this space.....!
Shirley
On 19 Oct 2005, at 15:49, Jim Rogers wrote:

> I'm not sure if this price is so apparent as the fine print reads, it
> appears that you have to order more than one copy:
> *Special Discount Price! $39.95* *
> * /Applies if payment accompanies order or for course adoption orders
> of 5 or more./
>
>
> jim
> Esteban Diaz wrote:
>
>> I did see the $39.95 ad for the Goody book on the LEA website. Is
>> this
>> a for real offer?
>> Esteban Diaz
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:03 am
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Jack Goody book
>>
>>
>>> HiAnna
>>> www.erlbaum.com <http://www.erlbaum.com> is where you order the
>>> Goody book
>>> from, Ana.
>>> People obviously can write as they choose. As we have seen this
>>> week, when
>>> someone
>>> goes unanswered, or some tries to dominate the discussion, it
>>> degrades the
>>> discourse.
>>>
>>> I have discussed with several people a policy of dividing the year
>>> into 12
>>> months and having
>>> a different group/place/person more or less shepard the discussion
>>> duringthat period, perhaps putting up a paper for discussion a topic
>>> near to their
>>> heart, or that they think is
>>> systematically missing and could use discussion, or.........
>>>
>>> If there are 12 members who would like to volunteer to set up such an
>>> arrangement, it might
>>> help to make the diversity of voices (and responsibilities) which
>>> XMCA
>>> strives to embody a
>>> reality. Short of that, people should do as they wish and the
>>> outcome will
>>> be manifest.
>>>
>>> I will keep the poll for voting on next article open until tomorrow.
>>> It
>>> appears a close decision. Perhaps we can discuss both, with the
>>> author who
>>> comes in second supplying something
>>> to xmca on his/her own. However, the next issue of xmca is already
>>> here, and
>>> a new vote
>>> will begin next week. So, we lurch toward winter.
>>>
>>> mike
>>>
>>> PS-- There are a wide variety of essays in the Goody book. I believe
>>> you can
>>> access the TOC
>>> on the Erblaum web page.
>>> On 10/18/05, Ana Marjanovic-Shane <ana@zmajcenter.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How can we get it before publication?? I am interested.
>>>> Is is sufficient to promise to write on XMCA every week at least
>>> one time :-)
>>>
>>>> ?? More than one time?? Any money involved?
>>>> Ana
>>>>
>>>> Mike Cole wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The book below is about to be published at which point only God
>>> and Bill
>>>
>>>> Gates will be able to afford it.
>>>> At present, those with a special interest in the topic might be
>>> able to get
>>>
>>>> a copy for only the cost of a year
>>>> of xmca. :-(
>>>>
>>>> mike
>>>>
>>>> Title: *TECHNOLOGY, LITERACY, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY
>>>> (cloth)*<tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=0-8058-5402-9>
>>>> Subtitle: Implications of the Work of Jack Goody
>>>> Author: *David R. Olson (ed.) and Michael Cole (ed.)*
>>>> Primary Subject: LITERACY/READING
>>>> Secondary Subject: SOCIAL COGNITION
>>>> ISBN: 0-8058-5402-9
>>>> Year: August 2004
>>>> Price: $110.00
>>>> *Pre-Paid Price ONLY: $39.95*
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