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ricketybonez · 6 months

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bought a copy of the most recent paperback edition of dune today and i have come to the conclusion that book printers need to be shot. eighteen fucking dollars for a flimsy piece of shit cover im afraid will tear if i look at it funny and in fact is already scuffed at the top of the spine either from transit or from me walking home with it in my bag. EIGHTEEN DOLLARS for paper thats nearly as thin as the garbage they print gideon bibles on and feels like if i get it even the tiniest bit damp all the ink is gonna run and make the book unreadable.

#.txt #like. i just compared it to my also new trade paperback copy of the hogfather and the difference in quality is genuinely upsetting #like the hogfather is a shorter book printed on smaller paper but its still $10 for a cover that can actually be handled as a paperback is #meant to be. and the type is semi visible on the backside of the page but the pages dont feel like theyre gonna tear in your hands #and using a highlighter doesnt smear the ink everywhere like im afraid it will in dune #my moms copy of the hogfather got soaked in sunscreen bc she fell asleep using her backpack as a pillow once nd somehow pushed the sprayer #button down but all it did to that copy was wrinkle the cover a bit #and like. make it smell like sunscreen #that one was printed like ten or fifteen years ago n frankly is probably a bit better quality than mine but still

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