Francis Roberts' God's Covenants is available for Pre-Order

[davejonescue]

 

[MarrowMan]

This is exciting!

 

[MarrowMan]

Pre-order in. I've been longing for this to be reprinted.

 

[davejonescue]

Pre-order in. I've been longing for this to be reprinted.

I think a lot of people have. He mentioned if he has time, that he may make the eBooks available for purchase sometime in the future. I am holding off until then to see if so, as I am trying to go fully digital.

 

[MarrowMan]

I think a lot of people have. He mentioned if he has time, that he may make the eBooks available for purchase sometime in the future. I am holding off until then to see if so, as I am trying to go fully digital.

I hate digital I recognize the irrationality but I likes my hard copies.

 

[davejonescue]

I hate digital I recognize the irrationality but I likes my hard copies.

Thats cool. I guess I have been spoiled in that using Logos kind of early on when I started getting into theology, and seeing all the free eBooks; being somewhat low-income myself; (I know that sounds irrational too,) it just makes sense not to have to weigh through physical books when doing research, and to take advantage of the free eBooks (which most of Reformed works are in the public domain,) before I try to build a physical library. I did that once, had about 500 books, or 30 or so boxes; but then had to move; and I never want to have to do that again. My goal is be able to take every book I own on a flash-drive, have it on a hard-drive, and saved in the cloud.

 

[alexanderjames]

I don’t like to be the voice of criticism but it’s a shame about the binding.

 

[davejonescue]

I don’t like to be the voice of criticism but it’s a shame about the binding.

True, and he mentioned this; that he really had to make a choice; being a husband and wife team; with children, and not the richest guy around. Should he take the years to slowly try and invest the upfront to put out a single volume, with the best quality features; hoping to garnish enough capital for the subsequent volumes? Or use a POD service like Amazon, at least for the initial run, which will get this tremendous work in peoples hands? Then, as his publishing company grows, do a reprint later of a better quality; kind of like what RHB did with Reformed Dogmatics. This I think is very wise of him. As it meets the immediate need of getting an important unpublished work published; and by doing so, works towards garnishing the capital for meeting the desires of those that are more into collecting later. Starting a publishing company seems kind of risky. Especially without the nods and shout-outs from the big names in the genre. Doing it this way minimizes his risks, while still facilitating the need for those who have been looking forward to it.

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

True, and he mentioned this; that he really had to make a choice; being a husband and wife team; with children, and not the richest guy around. Should he take the years to slowly try and invest the upfront to put out a single volume, with the best quality features; hoping to garnish enough capital for the subsequent volumes? Or use a POD service like Amazon, at least for the initial run, which will get this tremendous work in peoples hands? Then, as his publishing company grows, do a reprint later of a better quality; kind of like what RHB did with Reformed Dogmatics. This I think is very wise of him. As it meets the immediate need of getting an important unpublished work published; and by doing so, works towards garnishing the capital for meeting the desires of those that are more into collecting later. Starting a publishing company seems kind of risky. Especially without the nods and shout-outs from the big names in the genre. Doing it this way minimizes his risks, while still facilitating the need for those who have been looking forward to it.

Well said, David. Why purity-spiral about binding when we are getting this work reprinted after all these years? There is no point in letting the perfect become the enemy of the good.

 

[davejonescue]

Just a heads up; the first 3 volumes are now out in eBook for $7.99 each this week.