I didn't even notice the fold-out. Thanks, Hal! Looks like mine has never been folded out.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:49 PM Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > Abe Books has several copies of the hardcopy. > https://www.abebooks.com/ > $30. Check the fine print. At least one says print on demand. > > My copy is in near perfect condition. Page 127/8 is a 3 page fold out > diagram. > > It's 650 pages, way more than I will ever read, but if somebody sends a > note > with a page number, I'll probably look it up. > > It's also the sort of thing that I can easily get sucked into. Just open > to a > random page and start reading. For example, page 525 is Orbiting VLBI, > clearly time-nuts bait. > > > > The last page reveals the culprit: "Printed in Great Britain by > Amazon.co.uk > > " A quick search shows similar experiences with other print on demand > books > > from Amazon. > > Print on Demand doesn't have to be crap quality. > > A friend wrote a college level physics text. The story he told was that > the > college book store would put in an order with the publisher. The > publisher > would send it to the nearest Fed-Ex print shop. (I forget what they were > called back then.) They would print and deliver the next day. > > Xerographic printers can be really good. > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.