On Demand Hardcovers?

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Originally Posted by ericbsmith

If anybody remembers the issues with the first printing of the Basic Set 4th Edition books, I'm pretty sure that was caused by them being glued and not sewn binding. For the slightly smaller Campaigns book the glued binding was OK, but the Character book was just big enough that the glued binding would sometimes come loose. After the first printing I believe they switched to sewn binding on all books.

This may have been the problem. Both of my books seem to be glued by also have a mesh spine. Not sure if that is sewn. Regardless, they are almost unusable. Thankfully not ALL of my GURPS books are like that, but I do have to be careful with them. My softcover Magic book has held up the best and I have abused it quite a bit, yet it continues to hold together.

I'd love Full Color Hardbound books that are quality. If quality is achievable within say a 20%-30% increase in cost, I'm all down for it. If it is 50% more than a standard hardcover, well, I would be iffy at that point.