tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post7962454757493995752..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Books with Missing Pages - How Big a Problem Is It?Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-82243315389770729502021-11-07T18:00:50.883-06:002021-11-07T18:00:50.883-06:00The number of missing pages is pretty consistent, ...The number of missing pages is pretty consistent, it seems, no matter where they appear in the book. I wonder why this one had so many problems...printed in China or USA?Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9569599758255435672021-11-05T12:42:04.131-05:002021-11-05T12:42:04.131-05:00I just got to page 434, and the next page is 467.I just got to page 434, and the next page is 467.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-1683022390300858602021-05-21T12:54:20.261-05:002021-05-21T12:54:20.261-05:00I dropped off the bad copy at the UPS Store a few ...I dropped off the bad copy at the UPS Store a few minutes ago. The staff there got a laugh out of the reason I was returning the book to Amazon. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78637633434842750802021-05-21T10:02:22.251-05:002021-05-21T10:02:22.251-05:00Well, good luck on the new copy.Well, good luck on the new copy.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46442176856794595332021-05-21T07:32:07.671-05:002021-05-21T07:32:07.671-05:00I've got a replacement book coming now that sh...I've got a replacement book coming now that should arrive on Monday, and I'll drop the copy I have off at the UPS store on Tuesday if all goes as planned. <br /><br />I don't even know how these major publishers work things...do they have their own presses or do they subcontract that part of the work to other companies, etc.? And at the speed that I imagine the process to happen, I Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-81011961080528635312021-05-21T03:07:39.109-05:002021-05-21T03:07:39.109-05:00It's only happened to me once. A rather expens...It's only happened to me once. A rather expensive hardcover biography of one of the more famous mistresses of one of the French kings. It was missing almost three chapters, like your book. I took it back to Brentano's, and they exchanged it for me. Fortunately that was the only book in their stock of that title that had missing pages.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-35575752559699222002021-05-20T18:34:11.899-05:002021-05-20T18:34:11.899-05:00We do have one relatively nearby, Diane. My real f...We do have one relatively nearby, Diane. My real frustration comes from the strong possibility that I will receive a replacement book with the exact same problem.<br /><br />We have an Amazon warehouse in the area that I get a lot of shipments from, including the book. I worry now that a whole batch of the books may have been bound with the same error and shipped in batches so that I may just be Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-37904326044647159552021-05-20T18:31:50.401-05:002021-05-20T18:31:50.401-05:00Cath, it's an important part of Roth's sto...Cath, it's an important part of Roth's story but it's not the reason that the book has been pulled by Norton. The publisher pulled it because the author has been accused of rape of underage students of his when he was teaching in New Orleans aa couple of decades ago. I haven't heard anything new about the charges or potential criminal charges that could be filed.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-44115661547351326642021-05-20T17:30:34.991-05:002021-05-20T17:30:34.991-05:00Sam, I've been able, on occasion to have UPS p...Sam, I've been able, on occasion to have UPS pick up at my house and they even slap the label on. Another option is printing the UPS label and dropping it in one of those UPS boxes around town - we have 2-3 close by in our small town? Still awful that you need to deal with this. I'd email Norton as well to let them know how disappointed you were?(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-49403010103036322932021-05-20T17:03:59.307-05:002021-05-20T17:03:59.307-05:00If that's the 'so called' controversia...If that's the 'so called' controversial section is there a possibility the publisher pulled that section on purpose? No, surely not. Just seems 'really' odd to me, given all that you said in your former post abut the book and its author. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-87788774833529428452021-05-20T16:41:35.895-05:002021-05-20T16:41:35.895-05:00I think extra pages would annoy me almost as much ...I think extra pages would annoy me almost as much as missing ones, Lark. It doesn't seem like a lot to ask from a publisher that we receive the number of pages we paid for...nothing more, nothing less.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29095836709073999432021-05-20T16:40:13.301-05:002021-05-20T16:40:13.301-05:00Very frustrating, Carrie. I'll probably go thr...Very frustrating, Carrie. I'll probably go through the hassle to get a replacement copy, but I'm betting right now that I'll get a duplicate of the same problem because my shipments all come from the same big warehouse not far from me.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-19773978196160574422021-05-20T16:38:38.035-05:002021-05-20T16:38:38.035-05:00I thought about asking Amazon just to give me an e...I thought about asking Amazon just to give me an e-book replacement copy - but then I realized I'd still have to make a trip the UPS, so that doesn't help much.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-89896356606000409482021-05-20T16:37:35.001-05:002021-05-20T16:37:35.001-05:00I realize this kind of error - at the speed at whi...I realize this kind of error - at the speed at which books are printed today - is difficult, if not impossible, to catch. I just wish that I didn't have to lug it all the way to a UPS shop to get them to make it good. Luckily, this doesn't seem to happen too often.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-44291267576741168212021-05-20T16:35:17.754-05:002021-05-20T16:35:17.754-05:00It's doubly frustrating, Susan, because this o...It's doubly frustrating, Susan, because this one is already officially out of print pending the virtual tar-and-feathering of its author. Apparently, though, Norton hasn't recalled copies that had already been shipped - at least from Amazon.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-20901264441167844462021-05-20T14:54:50.059-05:002021-05-20T14:54:50.059-05:00I've gotten duplicate pages in a book once, an...I've gotten duplicate pages in a book once, and I remember reading a book where just one of the pages was missing, but never a big chunk like that! How frustrating. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-59796330695124374352021-05-20T13:12:09.962-05:002021-05-20T13:12:09.962-05:00I've never had this happen to me with a book I...I've never had this happen to me with a book I've ordered but I've borrowed old library books with a few pages ripped out. It's upsetting then so I imagine it's worse when you paid for the book!The Butterfly Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218064101468042347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-18214037839709594552021-05-20T13:09:15.799-05:002021-05-20T13:09:15.799-05:00I can't recall that I've ever had this hap...I can't recall that I've ever had this happen but it would be extremely annoying. Since I read mostly on Kindle now missing pages probably would never be an issue.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46231287487032700372021-05-20T11:23:54.533-05:002021-05-20T11:23:54.533-05:00How annoying! And such a big chunk of the book to ...How annoying! And such a big chunk of the book to be missing. Ugh. I've checked out library books with pages that had fallen out from being handled so much, but I've never bought one that had missing pages. Irritating.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60168314644444173602021-05-20T10:40:06.916-05:002021-05-20T10:40:06.916-05:00It has happened to me at least twice. A book I rea...It has happened to me at least twice. A book I read recently was missing about thirty pages- and it was sections I particularly wanted to read, too! Seems an entire signature was simply left out of the binding. Years ago I bought an expensive (for me) illustrated edition of Frankenstein from Powell's- and didn't read it for months, but when I did, found it was missing some final pages. I Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.com