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DarkGoddess
post Nov 15 2006, 07:48 PM
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Is anyone here besides me, dissappointed in the quality of books being put out today. I'm not referring to their content (although you seem to be getting less and less of that also), but more in terms of construction. I know most occult books don't sell in volume to warrant the nice, hardbound tome of a book we all (most?) yearn after as a way of connecting with the scribes of antiquity, but it seems even the nicer-looking "perfect bound" books fall apart rather quickly. I still have books from the seventies I've had since they were new that are still in fairly good shape. I even have some of my mother's books from the 40's that are not damaged. yet, I find that new books I buy have only about a 50% chance of surviving the first reading.

Anyone else come across this problem?


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To these I turn, in these I trust;
Brother Lead and Sister Steel.
To his blind power I make appeal;
I guard her beauty clean from rust.

He spins and burns and loves the air,
And splits a skull to win my praise;
But up the nobly marching days
She glitters naked, cold and fair.

Sweet Sister, grant your soldier this;
That in good fury he may feel
The body where he sets his heel
Quail from your downward darting kiss.

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DarkGoddess
post Feb 5 2007, 06:41 PM
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I still prefer bound books, and even eBooks I download, if I like them, I'll print them out. I guess I'm just old-fashioned.


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To these I turn, in these I trust;
Brother Lead and Sister Steel.
To his blind power I make appeal;
I guard her beauty clean from rust.

He spins and burns and loves the air,
And splits a skull to win my praise;
But up the nobly marching days
She glitters naked, cold and fair.

Sweet Sister, grant your soldier this;
That in good fury he may feel
The body where he sets his heel
Quail from your downward darting kiss.

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post Feb 5 2007, 06:57 PM
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QUOTE(DarkGoddess @ Feb 5 2007, 04:41 PM) *
I still prefer bound books, and even eBooks I download, if I like them, I'll print them out. I guess I'm just old-fashioned.


I'm soon to commence on a Philosophy book. When I get it published, it will surely be bound in a quaint old-fashioned way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif).

I like old-fashion books as well, I despise paperback for one.

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