Comments on: The Madness of Book Collecting http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:10:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Justin Butterfield http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/#comment-1261 Justin Butterfield Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:35:48 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=182#comment-1261 I should have been more specific. The journals and diaries will comprise three volumes. The other 25 (or so) volumes will contain sermons, letters, notices, manuscript history, and legal papers. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600123722,00.html http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600123721,00.html I should have been more specific. The journals and diaries will comprise three volumes. The other 25 (or so) volumes will contain sermons, letters, notices, manuscript history, and legal papers.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600123722,00.html

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600123721,00.html

]]> By: David J http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/#comment-1259 David J Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:06:46 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=182#comment-1259 Justin -- what a shame, as I find PJS 1 and 2 so helpful. I also picked up <i>Personal Writings</i> but lament that so much of it overlaps with PJS 1 and 2. I was hoping PW would give us what was promised in PJS 3, but it doesn't. Twelve volumes to cover Joseph's journal? Hardly necessary, methinks. Furthermore, I question its comprehensiveness if the Church is at the editing helm. I can see them taking MUCH out during the remaining 9 months of JS's life (especially regarding the Fulness). The DVD of archive material I think suffers from the same problem -- it's not comprehensive, and all the "good stuff" is likely snipped. Stapley -- yeah, the Gospelink '01 version is the one I use, it contains WJS, and is seriously FUBAR. The pagination is erroneous (as well as many other books), the automatic reference when you paste into Word fails frequently (especially copying/pasting out of footnotes), and the footnotes hyperlinks frequently lead you to nowhere, and sometimes the footnotes for a given section appear alongside another section to which they don't belong, etc. etc. etc. About 4 years ago I called Deseretarded Book and complained, and they said it was Ehat's fault. Yeah right, the dude is as meticulous as can be (see his website www.originalsources.com) and would never allow such garbage to make it to final production. LDS software is just sub-standard, IMO. Do any of you guys have the new Gospelink or whatever it's called? I think my father has it, but I asked him if it had WJS and he said "no." I would buy it if it did, but for no other reason. I'm sticking with GLink '01 until WJS makes it back into a reliable database. I'd rather deal with some of its irregularities than nothing at all (although the super-duper-hyper old version of LDS Infobase has it, so I've heard). Right on with Bachman's thesis. Let me know when you've got it, and I'll run Ehat's down to Kinko's and make you one. Justin — what a shame, as I find PJS 1 and 2 so helpful. I also picked up Personal Writings but lament that so much of it overlaps with PJS 1 and 2. I was hoping PW would give us what was promised in PJS 3, but it doesn’t.

Twelve volumes to cover Joseph’s journal? Hardly necessary, methinks. Furthermore, I question its comprehensiveness if the Church is at the editing helm. I can see them taking MUCH out during the remaining 9 months of JS’s life (especially regarding the Fulness). The DVD of archive material I think suffers from the same problem — it’s not comprehensive, and all the “good stuff” is likely snipped.

Stapley — yeah, the Gospelink ’01 version is the one I use, it contains WJS, and is seriously FUBAR. The pagination is erroneous (as well as many other books), the automatic reference when you paste into Word fails frequently (especially copying/pasting out of footnotes), and the footnotes hyperlinks frequently lead you to nowhere, and sometimes the footnotes for a given section appear alongside another section to which they don’t belong, etc. etc. etc. About 4 years ago I called Deseretarded Book and complained, and they said it was Ehat’s fault. Yeah right, the dude is as meticulous as can be (see his website http://www.originalsources.com) and would never allow such garbage to make it to final production. LDS software is just sub-standard, IMO.

Do any of you guys have the new Gospelink or whatever it’s called? I think my father has it, but I asked him if it had WJS and he said “no.” I would buy it if it did, but for no other reason. I’m sticking with GLink ’01 until WJS makes it back into a reliable database. I’d rather deal with some of its irregularities than nothing at all (although the super-duper-hyper old version of LDS Infobase has it, so I’ve heard).

Right on with Bachman’s thesis. Let me know when you’ve got it, and I’ll run Ehat’s down to Kinko’s and make you one.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/#comment-1258 J. Stapley Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:16:21 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=182#comment-1258 The David Whittaker session looks quite interesting. I could pass on paper marbeling. Alas, I do covet Greg Prince's collection. <i>And the Gospelink version isn’t consistent with the hard-copy.</i> Very much so? I am in the same boat and this is disconcerting. BTW, I just got an email from my friends at Purdue, and we should be rolling here soon. The David Whittaker session looks quite interesting. I could pass on paper marbeling. Alas, I do covet Greg Prince’s collection.

And the Gospelink version isn’t consistent with the hard-copy.

Very much so? I am in the same boat and this is disconcerting. BTW, I just got an email from my friends at Purdue, and we should be rolling here soon.

]]> By: Justin Butterfield http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/#comment-1257 Justin Butterfield Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:45:18 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=182#comment-1257 No, it was never published. The entire project has been renamed, revised, revamped, and enlarged, and the latest word is that volumes 1, 2, and 3 will be published next year. But I am not expecting too much here. The Ensign announced in April that twelve volumes were scheduled by the end of this year. That is not going to happen. No, it was never published. The entire project has been renamed, revised, revamped, and enlarged, and the latest word is that volumes 1, 2, and 3 will be published next year. But I am not expecting too much here. The Ensign announced in April that twelve volumes were scheduled by the end of this year. That is not going to happen.

]]> By: David J http://www.bloggernacle.org/the-madness-of-book-collecting/#comment-1256 David J Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:38:35 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=182#comment-1256 The printed word of Joseph Smith looks intriguing. I've got a lame xerox copy (coil-bound) of WJS that is nearly falling apart from use, and I've been dying to get my hands on an original, but alas, $200 for a JS book doesn't go over too well with the wife. And the Gospelink version isn't consistent with the hard-copy. I also have Kent Jackson's <em>Joseph Smith's Commentary on the Bible</em>, and in there he mentions a forthcoming <em>Papers of Joseph Smith volume 3</em>, but I have yet to find one. Does anybody know if it was ever published, and if so, where can I find one? I'm dying to see what was written in 1843 to 1844 (both PJS and <em>Personal Writings of JS</em>are cut short of '43-44). The printed word of Joseph Smith looks intriguing. I’ve got a lame xerox copy (coil-bound) of WJS that is nearly falling apart from use, and I’ve been dying to get my hands on an original, but alas, $200 for a JS book doesn’t go over too well with the wife. And the Gospelink version isn’t consistent with the hard-copy.

I also have Kent Jackson’s Joseph Smith’s Commentary on the Bible, and in there he mentions a forthcoming Papers of Joseph Smith volume 3, but I have yet to find one. Does anybody know if it was ever published, and if so, where can I find one? I’m dying to see what was written in 1843 to 1844 (both PJS and Personal Writings of JSare cut short of ’43-44).

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