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Joaquín Baldwin Nov 28, 2023

My order of author copies from Amazon had several badly printed books, so I'm returning the bad ones with this note inside, heeding a warning by another author who said Amazon sometimes tries to resell damaged books. If you find one of these notes, let me know!

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Dennis Voss Stensgaard Jan 1, 2024

@joabaldwin

Sorry about now writing my third post about this, but it matters to me. I'm 46 years old, and one of the things I decided since my last birthday is that I don't want any more badly bound or printed books. My books should be a pleasure, not only reading the words, but also holding and opening the book. No more race for the bottom.

I'm not a rich man, not at all, and I also use the library. But I want books on real paper, I want it on good paper, and I want it treated properly.

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Joaquín Baldwin

@stensgaard yep, I get you. These are good quality when they are printed with no defects, but I’m still going to switch to proper offset printing once I have the readers and budget. And I’m planning hardcore beautiful special editions too, for later, with color illustrations.