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Nov09

More Digital Resources

by Jonathan on November 9, 2024 at 9:02 am
Posted In: Research

Wesley Works is one of several projects working to digitize writings and the library of the Wesley brothers, John and Charles. Here is their website https://wesleyworks.ecdsdev.org/ Of course my particular interest is in Wesley’s journal and prayer journal.

My own work and projects are limited to my own interests and personal study. While I frequently read from John Wesley, I have no current Wesley projects underway.

Over time I may consider adding resources to this post and possibly make it a linked resource page. If you know of additional resources I should add you are welcome to contact me via Facebook messenger. https://www.facebook.com/WesleyBCP/

Jul30

Reduced Price!

by Jonathan on July 30, 2021 at 11:49 pm
Posted In: Publishing

Now that the book has been on the market for a while and the initial costs have been covered I’ve decided to reduce the price of the book to make it more affordable.

eBook: The price for the eBook I was able to cut in half. Considering massive volume of content in the book it is quite a good deal. I love the perks of having the book in digital form. It is so handy to be able to click and find whatever you need in an instant. Copy and paste into journals and blogs can be handy as well.

Printed book:I know most people prefer a printed book with physical pages to turn and the print edition is still available. Production cost continue to keep the price higher than I’d like, but the luxury of having a hard copy will still be well worth it for many of us book lovers. I was able to knock $15.00 off the printed version.

Leather edition: I’ve had some inquiry on the leather edition. I wish I could say I had a cost effective way to get it printed, but so far I have been unable to come up with anything. The only method I am aware of is to have the Student Edition rebound…and that isn’t cheap. I love my personal copy, but it is more of a novelty than a necessity. It does make quite and extravagant gift for someone who loves John Wesley and historic Methodism. Other than that I think the Student Edition is quite adequate for study and reference needs.

The only way I imagine that I could bring the price down any farther would be if a large publisher were to take up the project. Then maybe our dream of a leather bound edition could be reasonable. If anyone has connections I am open to suggestions.

Aug10

Two Versions of the First Edition

by Jonathan on August 10, 2019 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Research

Mystery! Controversy! Conspiracy?

When I was researching John Wesley’s BCP I found a bit of a controversy. I didn’t think much of it, yet in the past there may have been some heated discussion.

The challenge comes from this: There are several variations in the bindings of the first edition. The main cause of controversy were the “Cancels” or substitute pages. The page differences are found in the original on pages 135-36, 141-44. The first pertains to the manual acts in communion. The second the sign of the cross (signation) in infant baptism. The variation is included in the Appendix of John Wesley’s The BCP.

Who changed what? Did Wesley initiate these changes? Should these pages be there or not?

The opportunity for flexibility in the binding was there because the pages were printed in London and bound in the US. The advantage of this was that each book could be customized to the need of the individual parson. Most likely this was the intent, much like in more recent times a parish ordering custom hymnals. The volumes could be an Order of Service, a Hymnal, and Discipline (with inclusion of the Minutes from the first conference). There are all different variations in bindings of the first edition. One book even had the original pages and the cancels bound in the same book.

Another good question would be “What do subsequent editions do with these pages?”

I love uncovering a mystery so I’m not going to spoil the ending for you. Instead I’ll give you a couple links to some articles covering the matter.

The first link comes from the UMC Archives & History page: The Two Versions of the First Edition of John Wesley’s The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America. [ LINK ][ Download ]

The second link comes from the BiblicalStudies.org.uk Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society Vols. 31 – 35 (1957 – 1966) go down to issue 32.5 [LINK][Download]

Feb08

Student Edition Returns

by Jonathan on February 8, 2019 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Publishing

The Student Edition is back in print!

We are hoping to begin promotion early this spring!

The Kindle Edition is still available as well.

Kindle
Jan02

Editing Continues

by Jonathan on January 2, 2019 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Publishing

We are still working to edit the print edition. The proofing was completed but several paragraphs of content were omitted/displaced in formatting. The pages have been adjusted and resubmitted. All that remains is a recheck to ensure everything is intact. Hopefully it will be ready this spring 2019 so that we can start promotion this fall.

 

The formatting errors did not effect Kindle edition and it is still available on Amazon.

Kindle

I am working with the binder to print and bind future leather editions. But this won’t be available until soon after the print edition is finished.

 

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