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Lots of books on Amazon are now printed on demand. In theory a smart and possibly environmentally friendly practice. But you end up with smudgy pages from a ba
by matsemann 5y ago
Lots of books on Amazon are now printed on demand. In theory a smart and possibly environmentally friendly practice.
But you end up with smudgy pages from a bad printer, pages missing, and a book binding not lasting more than a day.
- erik 5y agoThis sounds more like you are getting counterfeit books, not print-on-demand.
- ubercow13 5y agoIt’s a real thing [1] - although you might think they were counterfeits on arrival if you weren’t aware of this service [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Print-on-Demand-Guide/b?ie=UTF8&node=9534081031 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Print-on-Demand-Guide/b?ie=U...
- matsemann 5y agoYes, it sounds like it. Which says something about the quality of Amazon's product, heh.
- techdragon 5y agoI find it especially galling when for a document title search, I’ll see public domain reports (NASA NTRS PDFs for instance) ranking higher in Google results for buying a print on demand copy via Amazon at significantly inflated prices, or honestly just what is plain disgustingly greedy, the many charlatans selling them as kindle ebooks, sometimes as multiple skus with different prices, trying to profit from people that don’t know any better.