Comments on: Random Book Rantings [DECKLE EDGE]

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:38:47 +0000

@laura: thank you – overall, I did enjoy the train. It was long though (17 hours each way), and it turns out they don’t have wifi. But you’re right – I probably napped about half of the trip.

By: laura

laura — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:20:23 +0000

Hope you enjoyed your train trip! I used to take the Lake Shore Limited quite a lot, but that was in the ancient days before wifi, which I think would be a nice addition — although I was always too zonked on the train to do much of anything but sleep.

By: Mark J. St. Hilaire

Mark J. St. Hilaire — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:25:46 +0000

Any information the publisher can provide is useful to those who really care about such facts. Otherwise, the prospective buyer has the simple option to ignore it. In other words, any additional information is never too much.

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:26:10 +0000

@Amanda: Do you stamp in addition to some kind of electric record? It seems like extra work, but you’re right, I do like the idea of it.

@Beth: That makes sense – I hadn’t thought of it from the “what’s wrong with this book?” point of view.

@J: “Cross-country” because it is the easiest phrase, but I actually do consider it cross-country. The distance is bigger than many countries, but moreso it’s the differences in geography and topography between the two places: New England is noticeably different “country” from the Midwest. And actually, they are in the same time zone – just different edges.

@Jen: actually, one of my most popular book displays at a previous job was a “What did you like better: the book or the movie?” display, which featured both the book and movie versions.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:49:23 +0000

I am laughing hard at your “video book” comment. Finally, justification for the amount of time I don’t spend reading so I can go to the movies!

By: J

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:34:53 +0000

Boston to Ohio is a long trip, but it isn’t cross-country. I guess “cross-time-zone” would sound awkward though.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:13:01 +0000

i have to say that when i worked in a bookstore, deckle edges were the bane of my existence. i myself love deckle edged pages, but customers always seemed to think there was something wrong with the book, like it was cut wrong or something. i’ve seen similar comments on amazon, and i assume this is why it’s so prominent…people can be a little slow…

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:39:15 +0000

One of the things I love about my current workplace is that we still stamp the books. I’ll never understand giving patrons a receipt of due dates. A receipt is yet another thing to keep track of, whereas the stamp is already in the book!