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.
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