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The pages feel thinner and you can see the text on the other side more as well. Book 6 is a 10th printing and book 7 is a 5th printing. Doesn’t say years, so I wonder if they switched to thinner or back to thicker?

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Take a look at book 7 of DCC. That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail. Impressive. Very nice. Let's see book 6. Look at that subtle off-white coloring; the tasteful thickness of it… Oh my God, it even has a watermark.

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[–] phailhaus@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I basically never go into book stores, so I didn't see any of the DCC books until last weekend. They didn't feel that big when I was reading them on my e-reader.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

When you’re used to 300-400 page books, it’s noticeable, but such easy reading it does go pretty fast.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Could be that book 7 had to be printed on lighter-weight stock if the page count would have exceeded the capacity for the hard-cover binding. (They may not have anticipated that a later book would get that big when they chose the stock at the start of the series.)

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Interesting, and this could make sense. I checked book 8, it’s about the same thickness as 7, but 200 pages shorter. So it’s the thicker pages again, first edition, dunno if they’ve done a second yet as it’s new.

[–] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did notice some of the middle books had a shocking amount of ink smudging and that multiple times while reading Parade of Horribles I found myself thinking I must have two pages stuck together because the pages were thicker than the other books

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hadn’t noticed anything like that, but I did look at my book 8 which is 200 pages shorter than 7 and it’s the same thickness, so that has the thicker pages like 6.