Re: Complete Poetry & Translations in paperback
Posted by:
Draugen (IP Logged)
Date: 12 June, 2013 07:01AM
If its POD, they usually say 'Lighting Source' or some such on the last page, with a little barcode.
Personally I'm just not a fan of POD, in fact, in the vast majority of cases I strongly dislike them. Theres something cheaper about the feel, the paper seems different, it can be thin and goes wavey over time.. basically it feels like reading an assembled photocopy. I must own close to 30 POD books, some I never realised would be POD until they arrived in the post, to my disappointment.
Maybe thats just me. I have seen some decent ones that I was fairly happy with, and some presses are doing a good job with it, but even in those that are good, the same characteristics are there, albeit with much reduced symptoms. On the other hand, many books would be out of print without it and I have obtained some rare books this way, I appreciate that.
I admit I'm quite OCD about books, and should probably be ignored by those of a healthy disposition. Another example is that I won't buy the Night Shade 'Collected Fantasies' of CAS that are in print, because V1&2 are out of print. I would want the set. Having volume 3,4,5 on the shelf without 1 & 2 would be intolerable. So I stick to my much loved and battered Panther paperbacks for now.