There *are* technical terms. The most relevant ones here are "signature" - a section or group of pages bound together, usually created by folding and cutting from one or more multi-page sheets, and the rarer "quire". A signature is usually a power of two pages. (Note that in the example John gives there are 32 pages in each of the missing or duplicated page ranges).
What John is describing is a book where some signatures are absent, and in their place is another copy of a different signature. This is a fairly common mistake in bookbinding. On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 09:56:01PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi John: There are no technical terms to specifically denote what > you describe below. The description you give below will do just > fine in explaining your situation so that you get your money back. > Just cut & paste what you wrote here in your email to the > bookseller. Also, double check the book condition description. > Clearly this book is NOT in mint--very good--good--or--bargain > condition. There are two possibilities here--either the bookseller > didn't do a good job in examining the condition and pagination of > the book and made a mistake. Or the bookseller is attempting to > pull a fast one. In either case, insist on your money back. No > reputable bookseller would sell a book like this, but unfortunately > there are a lot of disreputable booksellers out there. HTH. > Cheers, Christine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:28 PM > Subject: OT: Booksellers/Publishers Terminology? > > > >My copy "Portrait Of A Decade" arrived and it's f&&ked up! I want > >a replacement. > > > >I know some of you have experience in the world of bookselling & > >publishing. I'm wondering if there's any special terminology I > >need to use in describing the problem to the place I bought the > >book from? > > > >The copy I have is missing whole sections & other sections are duplicated. > > > >It has the acknowledgments, the introduction, the table of > >contents & a title page. The first chapter begins on page 3. But > >after page 4, the next page is page 53. The whole first part of > >the book is missing. > > > >I have pages 53 through 68, then it skips to page 85. Pages 69 > >through 84 are missing. > > > >I have pages 85 through 100, then it skips back to page 69, so > >that I do have pages 69 through 84, they're just not in order. And > >I've got duplicate pages 85 through 100. > > > >Starting with page 101 the rest of the book seems to be in order. > > > >There is nothing wrong with the binding. There are no loose pages > >or any gaps where pages might have come out of the book. > > > >It appears the book was assembled with the missing and duplicated > >pages when it was printed and bound. > > > >Does the publishing business have any technical term for this kind > >of error in assembly that would help me to explain what the > >problem is when I contact the seller. > > > > > >----- > >No virus found in this message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3666 - Release Date: 05/28/11 > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
