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US (Tor) edition of OST
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 05:35 PM
I just got a copy of the US trade paperback edition of OST. I'm not impressed - it's a rather cheaply produced book. Thin paper, thin cover. I wonder if the HB version is any better (or if there even is a HB edition).
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 06:19 PM
Dunno about the US but the UK hb was all good.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:44 PM
US TPBs traditionally have thinner covers and paper than their UK counterparts. All of ICE's and Erikson's books are this way. Stephen R. Donaldson once explained, when asked, that US paper is thinner because it's higher-quality; lower-quality paper by necessity must be thicker to keep the ink from bleeding through to the other side. As for the covers, I can't stand the stiff covers on Bantam's TPBs or MMPBs; my copy of SW has tiny creases all over the cover just from opening the darn thing. In short, just because the US books are floppier doesn't mean they're cheaply-produced, or of lower quality; you just prefer a sturdier TPB.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:47 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 17 May 2012 - 07:44 PM, said:
US TPBs traditionally have thinner covers and paper than their UK counterparts. All of ICE's and Erikson's books are this way. Stephen R. Donaldson once explained, when asked, that US paper is thinner because it's higher-quality; lower-quality paper by necessity must be thicker to keep the ink from bleeding through to the other side. As for the covers, I can't stand the stiff covers on Bantam's TPBs or MMPBs; my copy of SW has tiny creases all over the cover just from opening the darn thing. In short, just because the US books are floppier doesn't mean they're cheaply-produced, or of lower quality; you just prefer a sturdier TPB.
hmm...interesting. I have quite a few US tradebacks (since I live in the US). This one just seems flimsier than the most by a good margin. But I suppose it's true to say that I just prefer the sturdier stock.
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