Urulókë wrote:

insurrbution wrote:

There's also a chance of it having coloured ink, and a ribbonmarker; like the others do.

Ok, I apologize but I have to ask, now. Why the intense fixation on ribbons? ? No problem with your interest in them, and you could be right about your speculation above, I'm just curious.

For me personally, ribbons aren't a selling point (they always fray at the bottom eventually). I don't mind them much, but I tuck them away and use my own removable bookmark.

Haha no fixation with them, but the recent illustrated editions of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales all have them, so....

Urulókë wrote:

Mithrandir wrote:

insurrbution wrote:

There's also a chance of it having coloured ink, and a ribbonmarker; like the others do.

I'm looking for something sumptuous

Let's all chip in and buy HarperCollins a thesaurus.

According to mine, here are their options:

"lavish, luxurious, deluxe, opulent, magnificent, resplendent, gorgeous, splendid, grand, extravagant, lush, lavishly appointed, palatial, princely, rich, costly, expensive, impressive, imposing; informal plush, ritzy, swanky; British informal swish"

Faramond wrote:

Urulókë wrote:

Mithrandir wrote:

insurrbution wrote:

There's also a chance of it having coloured ink, and a ribbonmarker; like the others do.

I'm looking for something sumptuous

Let's all chip in and buy HarperCollins a thesaurus.

According to mine, here are their options:

"lavish, luxurious, deluxe, opulent, magnificent, resplendent, gorgeous, splendid, grand, extravagant, lush, lavishly appointed, palatial, princely, rich, costly, expensive, impressive, imposing; informal plush, ritzy, swanky; British informal swish"

While we buy HarperCollins a thesaurus we should buy an extra copy for Faramond that includes STUPENDOUS

I like "luxurious" and "magnificent" the most of the ones given. It makes the item sound appealing, just based on the description.

LOL, I honestly don't really pay attention to the adjectives in the descriptions that HC and HMH put up of the new releases that closely (except to make fun of them of course) I'm always more concerned if I can know the 1st print run number and other differentiating factors of the release.

Would be nice if they could be a little more imaginative with their descriptions though...or release more images :)

The sad part is that the word “deluxe” is meant to evoke ALL of those meanings, but it’s been bastardised to the point that we need another adjective to describe deluxe. ?

What about scrumptious instead of sumptuous? Similar sounding...anyone want to pitch that to HarperCollins?

They have already used my suggestion.

Trotter wrote:

They have already used my suggestion.

Awesome Trotter! You should now suggest that they pay you.

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Trotter wrote:

They have already used my suggestion.

Awesome Trotter! You should now suggest that they pay you.

I'd say Trotter deserves at least a quid for that resplendent suggestion.