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Only simpletons keep dust jackets on their books while reading them. Pros get some dust jacket covers. Covers for your book covers, that's right.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I don't know how y'all put tape on your books but a little piece on the inside flap isn't gonna destroy the book From a collector's viewpoint it does. And if we're not talking about collecting, this is a dumb conversation to have because, in the age of ebooks, collecting is the only reason to a) buy a hardcover and b) give a drat about the dust jacket.
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Jan 4, 2016 15:40
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ulvir posted:or because you really really want to read a new book but don't want to wait half a goddamn year for the paperback version As to the first point, that is why I very specifically mentioned ebooks.
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Jan 4, 2016 16:27
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BananaNutkins posted:If it isn't wrapped in dead animal skin, then it doesn't belong on my shelves. Is quarter-bound sufficient?
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Jan 4, 2016 22:48
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boom boom boom posted: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 I'm pretty sure he was talking about TPBs.
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Jan 6, 2016 22:35
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Enfys posted: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. More and more publishers seem to be moving to this size, especially in genre and airport fiction. Bandiet posted:What's the advantage? Does it help fat paperbacks from curving or something? It's predominately an aesthetic choice.
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Jan 7, 2016 02:22
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Mar 26, 2016 02:02
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Lankiveil posted:Is there any point, any point at all to deckled pages, other than snobbery? Small cost savings, perhaps.
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Mar 27, 2016 14:31
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Mr. Squishy posted:Nope, they have to artificially deckle those edges now. It is entirely a weird status symbol. Haha drat, that's dumb as hell.
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Mar 27, 2016 14:56
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CestMoi posted:I have a copy of Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings with deckled edges and it just looks really nice?? I don;t think this makes me some insane book millionaire. I mean I like the look of deckled edges but they have absolutely zero influence on what books I buy. Also no on can see that stuff when the book is sitting on a bookshelf so even then it's of limited aesthetic impact.
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Mar 27, 2016 19:33
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What's the gooncensus on dipped or sprayed edges?
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Mar 30, 2016 23:17
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You seem awfully angry about dust jackets.
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Apr 3, 2016 19:11
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Reason posted:For so many reasons. Pointless. Annoying. Wasteful. Like deckled edges, dust jackets are a relic of the past and should be completely done away with. I'd almost say that for physical copies of books, but being able to pick up a book off my shelf and throwing at somebody while screaming "READ THIS loving BOOK!!" is so much easier and less copyright infringement than sharing digital copies, so I can't quite make the argument to completely do away with physical books all-together just yet. But I'd really, really like to. I have well over 1000 hardcover books with dust jackets. I am slowly going through and putting dust jacket protectors on them. Does that trigger you?
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Apr 3, 2016 20:08
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If I really want someone to read a book, I will buy them a copy rather than lend my own out as that actually helps support the author I obviously enjoy and will help encourage them to keep writing books I can buy in hardcover and then slap a Brodart over the included dust jacket. You are very worked up over what other people do with their money. Not everyone is down with minimalism.
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Apr 3, 2016 21:12
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I recently purchased 600' of Brodart dust jacket covers and have been slowly working my way through all my hardcovers. That's still probably not enough by half :'(.
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Jun 7, 2016 19:47
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Enfys posted:drat. How much of your living space is devoted to storing books? Just one room in the house.   
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Jun 7, 2016 20:57
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A human heart posted:Do you live in a salvation army shop? You wound me, gentle goon.
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