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British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 18:26
by daggers
I found it hard to read on their site, or on Findmypast, how many credits are used per page read. I know the index is free, but want to estimate the best subscription.
Any help from existing users?
Daggers
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 18:50
by MaryA
The British Newspaper Archive seems to price by the number of days.
12 months - Unlimited Pages - £79.95
30 day - Only up to 600 pages - £29.95 3000 credits - 0.009983333p per credit so 0.049916667p per page
7 day - Only up to 120 pages - £9.95 600 credits - 0.016583333p per credit so 0.082916667p per page
2 day - Only up to 100 pages - £6.95 500 credits - 0.0139p per credit so 0.0695p per page
So all cost 5 credits per page - only if my maths are correct??
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 18:54
by Bertieone
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 18:57
by daggers
Thank you, Mary.
Possibly more than buying the paper when it was published, per view. Not bad in today's terms, I suppose.
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Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 23:13
by Blue70
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 18 Jan 2013 23:28
by Blue70
FMP is available free at all Liverpool libraries.
Blue
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:05
by MaryA
Blue70 wrote:FMP is available free at all Liverpool libraries.
Even better!
Re: British Newspaper Archive- what do credits mean?
Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:37
by daggers
Yes but at the library time limits apply, we have to transcribe everything (the snipping tool in Win 8 is excellent) and I find the library kit is slow.
Looks like a dip into the piggy bank.
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