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Originally Posted by
Scoogs
I just find it interesting how the technology and publishing industry is changing and the information it allows.
The general consensus up to now has been that print on demand books are not collectible (abe even lets you filter them out). Adding data like this to a book, takes a step towards changing that.
Members here and elsewhere have spent a lot of time figuring out gutter codes to determine when a book was printed, this is no different. Eventually some of the writers that are self publishing now could become household names. When that happens, these details will be important to collectors trying to track down their early work.
Now I completely agree about that book he shows in the video with the smaller trim size. That's just a production error where the machine apparently slipped.
I just don't buy the whole POD/date collectible thing. Take a regular paperpack book. 10000 copies printed in the first printing, 10000 in the second printing, etc. All books in each printing the same. For a POD book, is each day's worth of books considered a separate printing? A year from now, I am the only one to order a book on a particular day. Does that make the book super rare and a 1 of 1 collectible since it is the only one with that date on it? To me, it is absurd. But if getting a self-printed book with an earlier date on it means something to a collector, then more power to them.