Re: RARA-AVIS: More on Gold Medal Books

From: Doug Bassett ( dj_bassett@yahoo.com)
Date: 02 Aug 2002


--- JIM DOHERTY < jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> > This isn't the first time I've seen mention of
> > hardbinding paperbacks.
> > Did people really do this?
>
> I don't know whether regular consumers privately did
> this, but there were bookbinding services that
> hard-bound paperback editions for libraries.

They were/are notoriously hard to read, since the hardcover binding didn't permit you to open the book up properly.

A dumb idea.

doug

===== Doug Bassett dj_bassett@yahoo.com

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