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Post your favorite publishers.

Penguin Classics, the covers on the paperbacks look so clean.

>> No.11030198
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Heron books from the 60s are pretty good.
They all have the patrician old book smell and look nice if they're in good condition.

>> No.11030238

>>11030198
I do love these. They're a lot like the Penguin Classics hard covers.

>> No.11030382

>>11030238
I googled Penguin Classics Hard Covers and I didn't think they looked like >>11030198

>> No.11030390

>>11030162

I really love New York Book Reviews and Pushkin Press. Never been disappointed with anything I've read from either of them.

>> No.11030443

Penguin has the shittiest book quality I've seen. My copy of The Nature of the Universe is in shit condition after reading it once even though it is only 250 pages, it's such a piece of shit that when I tried to remove the shipper's barcode it tore part of the cover off. I have 20+ year old used books that are 600+ pages long that have held up better.
0/10 will not but again

>> No.11030478

>>11030443
I have not encountered this issue with Penguin Classics, fortunately.

>> No.11030489

>>11030478
>>11030443
Neither have I actually, I don't get why people give Penguin shit I always look after my books and never have them fall apart or anything.

>> No.11030561

>>11030162
weak bait

>> No.11030578

I don't like most penguin shit. Why would you want your books to all look like they're part of a set? Terrible aesthetic. You want your bookshelf to be a chaotic mix of old and new, worn and pristine, paper and hardback etc.

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I don't read contemporary stuff, so I don't have a favourite publisher based on what they publish, but I really like the looks of these.

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>>11030597

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>>11030597
>>11030600
Though the highest quality printing I have seen has been dtv.

>> No.11030714

>>11030162
Woodsworth Classic. Because they were extremely cheap.

>> No.11030725

NYRB
Library of America
Everyman's
New Directions
Dalkey

>> No.11030795

>>11030597
>>11030600
>>11030612
I also like dtv and insel because they usually manage to create nice covers unless most of the other German publishers.

>> No.11030860

>>11030795
Suhrkamp's designs aren't very appealing, but also not particularly offensive to the eye.
Reclam has cheap printing, but what do you expect?
Fischer puts out some nice stuff, but also, especially with contemporary books, some horrid meant-to-be-catchy junk. The same can be said of DTV though.
Same thing goes for BTB.
Anaconda isn't too bad in terms of design, but has those horrible glossy hardbacks.
Herder seems to be a real offender when it comes to design.
What others were you thinking of?

>> No.11030885

>>11030860
reclam is great though because, if it's a smaller one, you can wonderfully put it in any pocket you want and just whip out when you have time. Just got my last Kafka short story collection for exactly that purpose.

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>>11030860
>>11030885
Reclam is great in what they do. Making cheap yet aesthetic pocket books. Büchergilde Gutenberg is probably the best in terms of design AND quality.

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>>11030907
>>11030885
Agreed about Reclam (I also like the newer designs more than these desu).
I hadn't heard of Büchergilde Gutenberg, looks like a mixed bag as well. Do you have any you like particularly?

>> No.11030947

>>11030489
You have to admit they're cheaply made for the price though. Thin, acidic paper and thin flimsy covers which are damaged easily.

>> No.11030967

I've got a couple of Vintage paperbacks, and they're fucking great quality for paperbacks. They both barely look touched after reading.

>> No.11030970

>>11030947
This.

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>>11030162
>Penguin Classics
gay

>> No.11030978

>>11030967
Vintage paperbacks usually have nice designs, but some of the ones I own have really bad printing.

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>>11030971
>a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings
>new, modern-spelling
I agree that the covers are nice though

>> No.11030998

>>11030978
Actually, yeh, I just opened the two I've got and the printing in one of them (the Vintage Classics edition of Brothers K) is worse than I remembered. The print is perfectly fine in my copy of Homo Deus, though.
I think what I like most, though, is the spine. It's, to me, the perfect balance of not-too-stiff, not-too-soft. I personally hate paperbacks that either flop around everywhere like a wet paper towel, or feel like they're going to snap in half when you open them.

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>>11030714
Don't forget the cool covers.

>> No.11031011

>>11030714
Mah nigga. I bought a Woodsworth Classic on Tuesday

>> No.11031064

what's the consensus on Dover thrift?

>> No.11031129

>>11030925
No, I just kept stumbling upon them in my local used book store. I only once bought an unused copy of The Aleph by them because I didn't like the Borges edition by Fischer.

>> No.11031249

>>11030860
Agree with everything you said, just want to add 2 things:

BTB is the most consistent as far as the quality of covers go. They have the best Saramago covers of any language.

Aufbau Verlag is not as well known, but their Dostoevskij covers are fucking Kino. Most of their other covers are as well.

>> No.11031253

>>11030971
Gosh, how I love Botticelli.

>> No.11031255

>>11031064
Sometimes nice, sometimes hideous.

>> No.11031262

>>11030998
To be fair, all Vintage Classics are like that. I even think it is intentional, since it gives the books a more dated (classic) look.

I agree about their spines. They're utter perfection.

>> No.11031326

>>11031262
>all Vintage Classics are like that
Not true, some of them are printed far better than others.

>> No.11031333

>>11030162
I literally collect these, I love their look

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plebs

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pic related, Hackett

>> No.11031384

>>11031326
By Vintage Classics I mean those with the red spines.

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>>11031384
1/3

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>>11031384
>>11031404
2/3

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>>11031384
>>11031404
>>11031407
3/3
Picture 2 doesn't do it justice, it's a lot more unpleasant in reality, whereas this is much crisper than the other one.

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>>11030162
Nothing comes close to La Pléiade

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>>11030162
>>11031456

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fucking folio classics. Perfect paperbacks

>> No.11031693

>>11030860
Diogenes is very consistent and nice

>> No.11031735

>>11030947
They don't seem particularly expensive to me

>>11030983
Oh, yes, writing "u" instead of "v" and using the short s adds so much to the reading experience. A uery patrifh æfthetic, if I may say so.

>> No.11031756

>>11030907
>>11030925
mehr Reclam memes

>> No.11031762

>>11030390
recommend a Pushkin Press book, I'm not sure I have one of theirs.
>>11031064
I love the blatant affordability and uniformity of their thrift classics. They are similar but not obnoxiously so.
>>11031407
In the U.S there are Vintage Paperbacks with similar thick ink-bleeding fonts that give it a rough look but I think it's really fitting for certain novels and authors like Cormac McCarthy.

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Library of America

>> No.11031780

>>11031775
Still waiting for Salinger's works in one volume

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My favorite publisher is Library of America, hands down, though of course they're limited to only American writers.

Norton Critical Editions have great supplementary stuff, if you like that. Penguin Classics sometimes does too.

But as far as cover design goes, my favorite will always be the Signet Classics covers from the 70s.

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>>11030162
I like Verso Books but just a few of their books, they have a lot of feminist/sjw titles but i don't pay attention to those.