I fucking hate dust jackets

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boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Mel Mudkiper posted:

just scotch tape them and don't be a bitch

What do you mean scotch tape them?

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boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Earwicker posted:

he probably means taping the dust jacket down onto the bindings and covers so that it won't move around and get in the way etc.

it is indeed a bad idea because this can damage the book. just take the dust jacket off and either throw it away if you don't like it or save it somewhere if you do.

or better still, buy paperbacks.

Nobody would ever do that. that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I refuse to believe that's an actual thing

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 09:59

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Oh, I hate those new mass market paperbacks they do that are the same width but slightly taller. Those things are the loving worst. What are they thinking?

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 17:33

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Earwicker posted:

in many cases these are the result of strip and bind. Sometimes when there is still a large unsold quantity of the hardcover, they strip the books out of their hardcover bindings and rebind them as paperbacks. the purpose of this is of course to save money, since they don't have to print anything other than the new paperback cover.

That's not true. I've literally never seen a hardcover book that's the size of a mass market paperback but slightly taller. And most of the books I've seen that have this terrible new format are pulp sci-fi stuff that never had a hardcover release

edit: this is what I mean

boom boom boom fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Jan 6, 2016

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 21:59

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Enfys posted:

B format books, or small trade paperbacks in the US. It's nothing new but one of the standard paperback sizes.

Are you reading books from the UK/Europe? The U.S. doesn't use that format much, sticking mainly to mass market < trade paperback < hardcover.

The UK (and consequently most European publishing houses, though their terms vary) does A format (equivalent to mass market), B format (small trade), C format/demy (trade), and then the royal (hardcover).

B format has generally been considered more "prestigious" as it was traditionally used to distinguish literary fiction from genre fiction. Very few authors will ever be popular enough to get a royal printing, but many strive to be a B format author.

It's happening in the US now. The Martian was that size, and all the new Star Wars books are the slightly taller size. It's terrible and they should stop.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2016 03:15

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Earwicker posted:

seems like a pretty easy way to avoid this format is to not read trash scifi

No.

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boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I actually mastered a style of reading paperbacks without bending the spine because I think bent spines look ugly. I read paperbacks by sort of peeling back only the page I am currently looking at.

Yeah. I don't bend or break spines, and I don't buy used books with bent or broken spines.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2016 05:14

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