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Morinehtar wrote:
Does that mean they will print the name with the correct spelling or reproduce the ink mark?
Will be as per the original jacket. The name will be misspelled and have the ink mark printed over the 'e'. Hand correcting after printing wasn't an economic option, for obvious reasons. They didn't ever intend to correct the spelling, the question was down to whether to print the ink mark or leave that to the customer to add themselves if they wanted to. Myself and Trotter's view was very much that the ink mark should be printed.
The question of what to correct is an interesting one. On the version I initially supplied to HC, I had left the right and left borders slightly off vertical (basically the whole thing should be slightly off square). It looks like they slightly corrected that misalignment on the left [albeit it is still off square], which is technically not correct, but probably does look better when printed). The number of people that know it should be slightly off square is quite small, but the number of people that would think it was printed wrongly (if done accurately) is quite high. I didn't feel strongly about it, and assuming that was the version they went with, I don't think it was a bad call.
At the end of the day, if you want something that is absolutely bibliographically correct, you need to buy an original (and spend an extra 20,000 pounds!).
26 Sep, 2016
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DHL Parcel just arrived from HarperCollins - You saw it here first :)
The good news is that the facsimile first is good, and all my final jacket edits seem to have made it in. I didn't photo it, but the book does have the correct topstain.
It isn't printed by Clays, interestingly, but by Rotalito Lombarda, Italy. The pages are cream, and look good (the paper isn't anything special, but it isn't bright white or glossy or otherwise offensive).
[Edit: Oh, and the flaps are re-typeset by HC, rather than the cleaned up scanned ones.]
The good news is that the facsimile first is good, and all my final jacket edits seem to have made it in. I didn't photo it, but the book does have the correct topstain.
It isn't printed by Clays, interestingly, but by Rotalito Lombarda, Italy. The pages are cream, and look good (the paper isn't anything special, but it isn't bright white or glossy or otherwise offensive).
[Edit: Oh, and the flaps are re-typeset by HC, rather than the cleaned up scanned ones.]
Urulöké wrote:
Nice! Thanks for all the pics. Will have to wait a bit for mine to arrive, I think...
Yeah, I got the luxury DHL treatment, rather than the usual snail mail :)
I ordered with my copy from SpeedyHen who say the book isn't officially published until the 5th Oct. And yet in NZ someone has their mucky paws on a copy...
BH
BH
Khamûl wrote:
I ordered with my copy from SpeedyHen who say the book isn't officially published until the 5th Oct. And yet in NZ someone has their mucky paws on a copy...
BH
I did 15-20 hours of unpaid labour [which no one asked me to do - I am a tinkerer] to get it, so you might be better off for having the delay! :)
What I was getting at was: a few pages back someone said BD had already shipped their copy; yet some suppliers (i.e. SpeedyHen) don't appear to even have their copies yet, never mind having shipped them to customers.
It looks pretty neat though, have to say. Thanks for all the hard work Stu!
BH
It looks pretty neat though, have to say. Thanks for all the hard work Stu!
BH
Thank you for posting the pictures and for helping to make that look as good as it does Stu! I look forward to getting mine whenever the snail decides to pass through Chicago.
Khamûl wrote:
What I was getting at was: a few pages back someone said BD had already shipped their copy; yet some suppliers (i.e. SpeedyHen) don't appear to even have their copies yet, never mind having shipped them to customers.
It looks pretty neat though, have to say. Thanks for all the hard work Stu!
BH
My BD copy has not shipped yet though the status does show "processing".
3 days ago, I got an email saying the book was on it's way (Subject of Email: Good News, Your pre-order is on it's way".
"I am pleased to let you know that your pre-ordered book has been made available by the publisher.
Your books should be dispatched soon, so please review the details below and make sure your shipping address and items are correct."
So not shipped yet.