Thursday, September 30, 2010

Hakluyt Society books to be available as Print on Demand and ebooks

Ashgate Publishing has announced that hundreds of books from the Hakluyt Society Publications series will soon be available again, including many important translations of medieval texts. The publications are now being made available in a Print-on-Demand format, with ebook versions to go on sale starting in December.

The Hakluyt Society has published over 350 scholarly volumes of primary sources on the ‘Voyages and Travels’ undertaken by individuals across the world. The volumes address the geography, ethnology and natural history of all parts of the globe, covering all continents and every period over the last two thousand years.

Click here to read the full article on Medievalists.net