BOOK BINDINGS
Sir,-In two book reviews which have appeared in recent mumbers of The Listener your reviewers have complained of cheap binding, As you will be aware, there are few publishers who deliberately and unwarrantably select inferior and shoddy bindings for the products of their presses, and we feel that criticism of such an uninformed character should not be left unchallenged. In one case the book was a "popular" book which has enjoyed a popular success. To have:cased it in full cloth would have added to the price to such an’ extent that it would have ceased to be either popular or profitable. The other book, certainly of more permanent value and specialised interest, would have suffered in proportion. Apart from decisions of this kind which publishers must make in their own and their author’s interests, the pocket of the potential purchaser must be considered. Surely it is unfair to criticise efforts made to keep the price to a reasonable level, and to effect a reasonable sale, when greatly-to-be-de-sired improvement in binding would invite financial disaster for the book.
A.
H.
&
A. W.
REED
CWellington).
(A reviewer's duty is to his readers. if the cover of a book is unworthy of the contents, he ot that information to potential buyers. -Ed.)
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19471017.2.14.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
212BOOK BINDINGS New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in