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Message no. 1
From: XaOs <xaos@*****.NET>
Subject: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 21:08:35 -0500
> I still manage to keep a near-perfect-condition Unearthed Arcana

Incredible! I don't think I know of one in existance that the pages weren't
falling out from the binding. Although I got a BABY, I'm always hesitant
about buying a hardback version of a game. My SR2 is separating from the
covers, in much the same way as my Earthdawn book. And neither one of them
has seen very much use at all. My softbacks may get a bit scratched up, and
the occasional accidental dog-ear, but I'm almost always more satisified
with how they stand up compared to the hardbacks.

-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net
Message no. 2
From: Tomus Cone <brother_1@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 01:26:59 PDT
>My SR2 is separating from the covers

My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late to
return it to the store from which I bought it.



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Message no. 3
From: Bob Tockley <zzdeden@****.ASGARD.NET.AU>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 19:02:43 +1000
>My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late to
>return it to the store from which I bought it.

Don't treat your books so badly?



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Message no. 4
From: Wilbur The new adept <mad_bomb@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 03:06:04 PDT
>
>>My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late
to
>>return it to the store from which I bought it.
>
>Don't treat your books so badly?
It is the way of roleplaying (especially shadowrun-Ed) books to
disintergrate, its part of FASA's plan :).
I treat mine with the utmost care, and all but VR2 (which he just
bought-Ed) are raggedy and my copy of SR2 is in pamphlet form held
together by Gaffa tape (ahhh gaffa tape is there nothing it cant do- ED)
MRhappYTHEsmiLEYmaN
*i didnt mean to do that to the hamster..it just kind of happened*

*Just because i'm insane doesnt mean i'm insane* -wilbur


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Message no. 5
From: Shadowrunner <nocturnal@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 11:08:39 +0000
Tomus Cone wrote:
>
> >My SR2 is separating from the covers
>
> My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late to
> return it to the store from which I bought it.
>
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If the covers are just kinda tearing at the spine, then use packaging tape- it looks like
big
Scotch tape, is practically invisible, and holds well. If the binding is coming off the
pages,
well... I dunno what to tell you. I got my SR2 spiral bound, and my SR1 hole punched and
put into a binder. Those ideas work best in my opinion, but if you get it spiral bound,
use
that strong-as-steel plastic binding. the Metal binding bends too easily.

Noc
Message no. 6
From: Mongoose <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 12:29:06 -0700
>>My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late to
>>return it to the store from which I bought it.


Call a library and ask where they have their books re-bound. They may
also have other advice.

Mongoose
Message no. 7
From: Jane Foster <immortal_elf@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 11:24:05 PDT
>>My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late
to
>>return it to the store from which I bought it.
>
>Don't treat your books so badly?

actually, mine began coming apart about, well, the day I got it. I put
it into my SR dragonskin as soon as I git it, but the binding began to
come apart that night (read: the first time I opened it). I'm kind of
annoyed actually. Anyone know why it's happening?

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Message no. 8
From: Tarek Okail <Tarek_Okail@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:22:37 -0400
Jane--

>actually, mine began coming apart about, well, the day I got it. I put
>it into my SR dragonskin as soon as I git it, but the binding began to
>come apart that night (read: the first time I opened it). I'm kind of
>annoyed actually. Anyone know why it's happening?

At some point in the printing / binding / shipping process, the
book was exposed to heat for a long time, probably by being exposed to
sunlight or left in a hot vehicle for several hours. The glue then =

crystallized, and the result is that the first time you opened it, it
started to come apart.
It could also be that not enough glue was used. Most books, if
exposed to sunlight and heat for a long period of time, will not start
falling apart, especially if given time to cool down. If there isn't enou=
gh
glue... well.

Shadowmage
Message no. 9
From: Steve Eley <sfeley@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Poor Bookbinding (was RE: Egyptian Magic)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 00:08:30 -0400
Mongoose wrote:
>
> >>My SR3 is already separating. Anyone got a suggestion? It's too late to
> >>return it to the store from which I bought it.
>
> Call a library and ask where they have their books re-bound. They may
> also have other advice.

I tried this for my Earthdawn hardcover. It would have cost far more than I'd
paid for the book in the first place.

(Of course, the ED hardcovers appear to have been bound much worse than the
SRII hardcovers.. Very flimsy cardboard. My SRII has withstood the test of
time, and I have *very* high hopes for the SR3 BABY.)


Have Fun,
- Steve Eley
sfeley@***.net

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