[PW] pod id

[Michael J. Lowrey]

It's possible the publisher has quietly created a new edition with b&w
plates; it's also possible that what you got was a counterfeit. I'd
ask the publisher.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:35 AM,  <davhaynes at juno.com> wrote:
> Marsups,
>
> Is there any way, just by looking at the item, to tell if a book is a
> print-on-demand copy? The reason I inquire is that I have just bought a
> copy of a 1998 book from an online bookseller that is a pod copy. I know
> because the original, and only, printing of the book included color
> plates and the current copy has the plates in b&w. New copies of the book
> are listed on the publisher's Web site with no mention of print-on-demand
> or the colorlessness of the plates.
>
> Mexican aunts, David
>
> David Haynes                         davhaynes at juno.com
>   San Antonio



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