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Spent $80 on a special edition book club pick and it was a total waste
Our group voted for this fancy hardcover of 'The Midnight Library' with extra notes from the author. Cost me eighty bucks. I thought the insights would be great for discussion. The notes were just two pages of basic writing tips anyone could find online. Felt totally ripped off. We spent half our meeting talking about the price instead of the actual story. It killed the vibe. Now I'm stuck with this overpriced paperweight. Has anyone else had a book club pick that just wasn't worth the extra money?
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ivan87315d ago
Wait, didn't anyone else notice that "The Midnight Library" author is Matt Haig, not a woman? Not trying to be that guy, but I had to double check when I read this. @king.river you probably know this already since you mentioned collector's editions being flimsy with the extras. Anyway, the real problem is these publishers know people will pay extra for anything labeled "special." I fell for a set of leather bound classics once that had these tiny, unreadable fonts and thin paper that ripped if you looked at it wrong. Felt like a sucker too.
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Honestly, talking about the price for half the meeting sounds rough. Ngl though, sometimes we get too hung up on the extra stuff. Like king.river's professor intro, it's just a few pages in a whole book. The story is still the same one you voted for. Maybe just skip the fancy notes next time and get the normal copy. It's not that deep if the special content is bad.
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king.river1mo ago
Ugh, that's the worst! I bought a "collector's edition" of a classic novel once. It had a fancy slipcase and promised "exclusive commentary." The commentary was just a brief intro from some random professor, like three paragraphs long. Total letdown. It feels like such a scam when the special stuff is just filler. Makes you not want to trust any fancy editions again.
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