/lit/ - Literature

No taste

Do people really? I’ve never seen anyone in real life own one.

Because they look cool???

They're for girls, dude.

>>18483396
They’re based on older books with similar wallpaper feel

>>18483396
looks cool, has a vibe of nostalgia, and also makes the book long-lasting.
aesthetically pleasing and functional.

Very tacky

>>18483439
>long-lasting
Have you owned one? The back does not feel sturdy at all and the decorations come off if you rub it.

americans

>>18483396
Because consumerist girls exist.

they are for people who don't read

I hate being a consumerist so badly
I only bought everyman's library but they make me so happy, I imagine the people buying those are similarly happy with them
Tbh I don't see the problem assuming the covers are cloth, the paper is good quality and the signatures are sown

>>18483597
Be less insecure.

>>18483597
Oh no I bought things and it made me happy. Woe is me!

>>18483396
Nobody likes them they just can't imagine anything better, such is their state of imaginative poverty.

>>18483597
Try other editions. Everyman is okay, I bought Dante's inferno Everyman. What's insane is that Everymans' Dosto's Demons is like $100+

>>18483396
Radically nicer than their paperbacks

>>18483611
Yeah and being happy momentarily when your friend kisses you as a joke is a totally normal thing you're just meant to accept

>>18483781
Sorry that doesn't make any sense, nvm
>>18483629
Which other editions do you like anon

>>18483781
What? lol. Anon what the fuck are you talking about.

>>18483791
signet classics, oxfords, everymans, random house. pretty much all of them, except I haven't bought a penguin yet but it's on my to do list.

>>18483815
It's nothing forget it
Also I mainly meant other hardback editions sorry

>>18483433
Literally this lmao

>>18483781
>Yeah and being happy momentarily when your friend kisses you as a joke is a totally normal thing you're just meant to accept
Anon, do you need to talk about something?

>>18483629
>Try other editions. Everyman is okay, I bought Dante's inferno Everyman. What's insane is that Everymans' Dosto's Demons is like $100+
It’s probably out of print.
I only realized recently that Everyman’s editions don’t always remain in print.
Also, that might have been the new translation.

According to the blog of a small publisher, impressed cloth covers with designs, are actually cheaper production for him than having dust jackets made.
The small publisher didn’t specify why it was cheaper( maybe having people put the dust jacket on the books), plus, he usually uses cloth hardbound covers anyway, so maybe it’s just less expensive to have a design printed in the cloth, rather than applying a dust jacket.
My main concern is just that the binding is sewn.

How is Library of America?
>>18483882
No, it's just that some of us have burdens we have to carry

>>18483396
It's not a matter of people liking *these* gaudy hardcovers. It's a matter of people liking hardcovers and having no other options.
>go to a book store
>everything is paperback
>shelves and shelves of paperback
>Penguin classics? all paperback
>the only hardbacks are these overpriced abortions
>so people pony up for them
If bookstores had used hardcovers that were 20, 30, 40... 90 years old, I bet most people would buy those over these instagram vomits.

>>18483434
Except they are poorly executed cookie cutter versions. The old way of doing such leather work yields a more subtle and complex end result, much less garish. These are pretty much Las Vegas. Not a huge fan of this sort of thing even when hand done with skill, but I can at least appreciate the craftsmanship in those.

>>18484131
Library of America is good, well made, archival quality paper (exceeds ANSI spec) so no yellowing and the contrast between ink and paper remain over time. If you are going to buy from them just get the subscription and select to receive no books. This lets you order books from them for $5-$10 less, they come in slip cases instead of dust jackets and they will be far less likely to be out of stock, they do not reprint until the slip case members editions are out of stock so the dust jacket versions are often out of print for long periods.

The one catch is that they give free shipping on orders over $30, most of the members discount version end up being under $30 while the non-member books are almost all over $30, so it is a complete wash if you only order one book, so just always order two or more so you get the free shipping and savings.

>>18484191
Hmm, I'm not american so I doubt I could subscribe sadly but that sounds cool

>>18483396
They're for people who like to show off books, not actually read them.

>>18484200
You might be able too, check it out. Either way, Penguin/Random House (Knopf) is a distributor of them so they are available in most of the world now. Pretty sure Knopf is their printer, much in common with Everyman's as far as binding goes.

>>18484209
I would argue but 90% of my hardbacks are in my display cabinet not my bookshelves.

They are good for traveling imo. The designs can be on the nose, but they are pretty rugged.

Because they look nice. If you weren't an autist you would just accept that and move on instead of posting on /lit/ about it

>>18483396
>tfw I bought Moby Dick in this edition today.
How fucked am I, /lit/?

>>18483396
Hipster trash that wants to seem like hes into older books hes never read

>>18483781
Faggot, enjoy your degeneracy without guilt you coward.

>>18484365
If you think it looks good, not at all. You’ll get the content either way.

>>18483396
Americans

How are the translations in Everyman usually?

>>18484593
They tend to go with a common and well respected translation in my experience.

It has its own charm. The paint they used peels off badly which can be a good thing or a bad thing. I have their C&P because I want Mcduff's translation and in hardcover. Some of the red parts are gone.

>>18483439
and paper is of high quality

>>18483396
Pseudo-leather bound books.

>>18483781
nothing wrong with a bit of bromance, bro

>>18483781
W-what?

>>18483396
Because the aesthetic of reading is valued more than the content itself

>>18484865
Nothing
>>18484593
Hmm, some of them are quite weird
I have the Dante one and it's good and definitely readable but idk how good it is compared to the best, in some cases their translation is kind of obscure, other times it's a well known one
>>18484904
That's stupid
Reading aesthetically pleasing books makes the experience of reading much more enjoyable

>>18484664
They're clothbound

>>18483396
They look like my grandmother's wallpaper. She was a proud minor aristocrat, but woefully uneducated due to WWI ravaging her homeland during her childhood.

wouldve been better if it had a dust jacket because the "art" they put on it is like fucking glitter

>>18483396
I don't really buy physical books but got a bookstore gift card so bought one of these

I like seeing the Conspiracy of Dunces one of these along with the others in a bookshop, the hotdogs on it just emphasize the tackiness of the rest of them

I got one of these, I got dracula.
It is decent