JAINA eLibrary News Letter 2012-01
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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Posted by: Manju AN
It gives us a great pleasure to
bring you this first newsletter, specially designed to bring you the news
related to Jain eLibrary and Jaina Education (Pathashala) Books. We plan to
bring this news letter monthly, but while we get organized, the frequency may
fluctuate. We will provide you with the following information.
The following details show a
status of Jain eLibrary progress. The data is cumulative since the Jain
eLibrary went online approximately three years ago.
Statistics on Jain eLibrary (www.jainlibrary.org)
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Total
Items in Library
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9,137
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Total
Visitors
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363,381
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Books
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4,210
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Countries
of Visitors
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78
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Articles
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3,564
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Registered
Users
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11,470
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Magazines
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987
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Manuscripts
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183
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Total
Downloads
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105,564
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Audio Files
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74
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Rituals
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69
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New Items
added
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See attached file
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Miscellaneous
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50
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List of Books & Articles
Published
A list of new books and articles
added in last 60 days is attached with this news letter. In future we
will continue to attach the new list since the last publication of this
newsletter.
You can also download the complete
catalogue of all eLibrary books, articles, and audio files (xls format) from
the following link located in the middle of the home page of the eLibrary
website "All
files of eLibrary".
http://www.jainlibrary.org/elib_master/z_elib_files/$z_elib_files.pdf
Your Suggestion and
Recommendation
If you desire to see a particular
Jain literature book useful for Jain academic study be made available on the
eLibrary, let us know and we will attempt to make the item available on
eLibrary. In addition, if you have a specific book in PDF format and want to
share the book with the community by placing it on the eLibrary, send us the
PDF file for review. Please note that the copy righted material cannot be placed
on the Jain eLibrary website.
In addition, please advise us what
other information we can provide you to help you utilize the eLibrary
effectively.
Jain eLibrary News Group
If you are not a member of the
Jain eLibrary News Google Group, we invite you to become a member. To subscribe
please send an e-mail to the following address with "Subscribe" in
the subject line (copy paste the following address and sent an e-mail).
Jainelibrary+subscribe@googlegroups.com
This is a Jain library news
group. You will receive only eLibrary and education related information.
To minimize messages in group members’ mailboxes, the group plans to limit 2 to
4 emails in a month. The group members are prohibited from publishing
information directly for distribution to the group members.
Jaina Education (Pathashala)
Books on Amazon
You can buy hard copies of all
Jaina Education Books on Amazon. The price of each book on Amazon
excludes shipping charges of $3.99 per book. You can also buy these books on www.jainelibrary.org website.
Jaina Education (Pathashala)
Books on Kindle
All Jaina Education books are now
available on Kindle. The price for Kindle books are $0.99 or $1.99.
However you can download these books from Jain eLibrary website (pdf file) free
of charge.
Jain
eLibrary DVD Sets Purchase Information
The following table provides the
price information of DVD Set-1(4 DVDs), Set-2(4 DVDs) and Set1 and 2 together
called DVD Set-3 (8 DVDs).
To order the DVDs online, please
go to Jain e-Library Website Home Page http://www.jainelibrary.org
and click the link "Buy Jain Books on DVD"
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DVD Set
Description
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India – Purchase
in Person
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India - Purchase
Via Mail Order *
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USA & Other Countries
Via Mail Order *
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Number
of
eBooks
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Pages of
Jain Literature
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DVD Set-1
DVDs No 1 – 4
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Rs. 200.00
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Rs. 300.00
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$10.00
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1900
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700,000
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DVD Set-2
DVDs No 5 – 8
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Rs. 200.00
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Rs. 300.00
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$10.00
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1800
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500,000
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DVD Set-3
Both Sets 1, 2 DVDs No 1 –
8
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Rs. 400.00
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Rs. 500.00
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$15.00
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3700
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1,200,000
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*Via Mail
Order prices include shipping and handling.
Terms of Use:
The information contained on the
Jain eLibrary website and on the published DVDs is for personal, private and individual
use only. Its distribution in any form and for any purpose, whether commercial
or non-commercial, is prohibited. It should not be copied to display the
material on other websites.
We request you to respect the
above conditions in the true spirit of Jain religion. We assure you that
we do not make any profit on any of the JAINA Education project. All of
us are volunteer workers. The entire eLibrary project is funded through
contribution received from America and around the world.
Notes
1.
All DVDs will be shipped from Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India.
2.
You will receive DVDs within 4 to 5 weeks.
3.
Soft copy Catalogue is available in all DVD (xls file). Hence, in
line with Jain ecology principle, we have discontinued printed catalogue of the
new/old DVD sets.
4.
If you do not receive DVDs in four weeks, please e-mail to
both education@jaina.organd arihant.graf@gmail.com
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