Are Easton Press books any good?
>>24788877Some. The basic level is just a standard text block in a leather costume. It’s not very high quality either. They do a lot of reprints from the line of books that were originally Limited Editions Club, then republished as Heritage Press. They were exclusive almost 100 years ago now they’re again reskinned editions EP hawks as their entry books. Their deluxe editions with especially commissioned art and higher quality production including slipcases are quite good but now you’re also paying a lot more. The upside to EP is that there’s a /lot/ of used editions you can swing for less than a new hardcover. That is a good deal every time even with the weird old art of the LEC books. They’re hardly ever been read to boot, biggest danger is having been stored badly in boxes in the damp. Don’t buy new unless deluxe, do buy used.
>>24788936Are you allergic to commas or something?
>>24788950No, I am not.
Does anybody have a list of actually high quality publishers? I don't mind spending a decent bit of money nor do i mind buying used.
>>24789063What you’re looking for is fine press and it’s very much a battle of the snobs as to what “counts” as such and on what grounds. For most unaware people Folio Society is a fine press and their cloth bound books are certainly miles ahead of whatever slop is called hardcover today. But it wouldn’t really count to the fogies. Similarly Easton Press makes leatherbound books which for many is enough to make it a luxury item and therefore fine. But outside the deluxe editions they aren’t counted because they tend to just slap leather on a mass market book. The exact metrics are hazy though. Some demand letterpress printing for it to count. Many small presses are currently doing letterpress. Suntup is a “large small press” if you will, doing both literary books (McCarthy) and horror sloppa (Barker) in several states. (A “state” being quality and price level jumps often there’s a lettered state, numbered state and sometimes an entry level third state) Particularly scifi and fantasy has gained a lot of small presses. Curious King for instance. Lyra’s Books. Arete Editions. Some, like Thornwillow, try to be more literary and are also more customizable to the orderer (with increasing price points of course). They’ve also been around for some time. You can get very specific with this stuff. No Reply Press was doing individual short stories that are hand bound. There are presses doing only Lovecraft material. The smaller the circulation and more hand crafted the more the cost goes up of course. Some of these outfits are really making art pieces that aren’t even meant to be read really.
