Dragaera

Physical book defects and such (No SPOILERS)

Tue Aug 12 09:12:36 PDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Castello [mailto:rick at 404.978.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:18 AM
> To: dragaera at dragaera.info
> Subject: Physical book defects and such (No SPOILERS)
> 
> 
> lazarus said:
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:03:36 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
> >>--- Steve Hubbell <usagigoya at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >From: Gaertk at aol.com on Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:16:27 -0400
> >>> >
> >>> >Some criticisms:  my copy wasn't glued cleanly, and there
> >>> >were of course some typos (sorry, I didn't note where).  I
> >>> >did however note a couple places where the dialogue gets
> >>> >somewhat confused, if not outright misattributed: pages 81
> >>> >and 336.
> >>> >
> >>> 1) My copy had the glue/binding problem as well...
> >>> unnoticeable, except when
> >>> reading...
> >>
> >>  Oh, good, I feel somewhat better knowing I'm not the
> >>only one with a shoddy copy.
> >>
> >
> > Make that three.  But it wasn't too bad.  I've gotten much worse.  At
> > least the binding is staying on.
> >
> > And the content more than makes up for it.
> 
>      My question, albeit a petty one:
> 
>      Why in Verra's name is the fabric cover of the book BABY BLUE?
> 
>      Why not a tasteful dark color like the others?  I am always
>      sure to wash and completely dry my hands before reading, as
>      I take off the dust cover while reading to preserve it better,
>      but with humidity, etc, it's nigh impossible to keep the light
>      blue fabric cover clean from marks.
> 
>      Yes, it's silly, but it's also incongruent with the other books.
>      Why baby blue?
> 
>      -Rick

That and the fact that Steven got Fabio to pose for the cover.

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