Sunday
May252008
Faber Finds
Sunday 25 May, 2008
'A constantly updated and expanding list chosen by writers and readers, Faber Finds aims to restore to print a wealth of lost classics. Books of fiction, poetry, memoir, history, criticism, essays and anthologies - quality writing by authors of distinction, printed only on demand.
There are so many fine books currently out of print. Why? It's not because they didn't sell, it's because they didn't sell enough to be economically re-printable. Until now, print on demand technology has been used to keep slow-selling titles in print. Faber Finds is shifting the emphasis from survival to revival - making good books available once more.'
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There is also the option to request reprints. Please request some. The book covers are also interesting (Faber refers to them as 'unique'). They suggest spirograph, but some kind of considered, world weary spirograph, like spirographs by giraffes. Is this as close as the volumic publishing industry will get to a democratic system?
There are so many fine books currently out of print. Why? It's not because they didn't sell, it's because they didn't sell enough to be economically re-printable. Until now, print on demand technology has been used to keep slow-selling titles in print. Faber Finds is shifting the emphasis from survival to revival - making good books available once more.'
Link
There is also the option to request reprints. Please request some. The book covers are also interesting (Faber refers to them as 'unique'). They suggest spirograph, but some kind of considered, world weary spirograph, like spirographs by giraffes. Is this as close as the volumic publishing industry will get to a democratic system?
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