Came yesterday, haven’t had a chance to dive in yet.

Is this now a POD Pb?

Khamûl wrote:

Is this now a POD Pb?

Yes, it is. And still $60 per issue (list price from the publisher, more for international). I've wavered back and forth on whether these are a good use of shelf space, and have ended up with all issues (though I got three or four years secondhand, because I stopped for a while).

Yeh, had same dilemma maybe ten years back. Again (& I'm sounding like a broken record playing across several threads here!) just a deeply disappointing product as a book. I've got older issues I really should read too.

Yes, I remember being confused many years back when I received a Paperback in the post rather than the usual hardback (had ordered the latest issue and price was same as previous year).

Was very disappointed to pay $70 (international) for a paperback copy which obviously did not match on the bookshelf with the reasonably attractive hardback volumes.

I stopped buying a few times only to either order backissues subsequently or find a new copy on Ebay.

Anyway - Vol 18 is currently in transit........

Very mixed feelings overall on buying this every year.

Just arrived...

Academic publishers target libraries, not individuals, for sales. That's their calculation, and that's why my (co-)own Tolkien's Legendarium is so absurdly expensive (and not what I would myself have chosen). Given that, look at tables of contents (when released) and reviews (when published) before buying, unless you are yourself a hardcore Tolkien academic.

Stu wrote:

Just arrived...

I like Uncorrected Proofs

remy wrote:

Very mixed feelings overall on buying this every year.

Yet, one keeps buying...

Aelfwine wrote:

Academic publishers target libraries, not individuals, for sales. That's their calculation, and that's why my (co-)own Tolkien's Legendarium is so absurdly expensive (and not what I would myself have chosen). Given that, look at tables of contents (when released) and reviews (when published) before buying, unless you are yourself a hardcore Tolkien academic.

Indeed. My issue/disappointment is not with the content but rather the format it in which it is issued.

I would have far preferred if they raised the price to $90 or $100 and kept the Hardcover binding rather than issuing it as a Paperback.

And if they are targeting libraries: would they not be better served issuing it in hardcover.