Author Topic: Read TAN books! (Read 2098 times)

gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2007, 08:33:58 AM »

Quote from: Daniel

The saddest thing is that (to the best of my knowledge) their printing equipment was auctioned off two weeks ago and they will no longer print their own books.

Well, if they auction off their book-binding equipment, it might be a move in the right direction.

Great books - shoddy construction (and too high a price for it).

PinoyMonk · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2007, 08:47:40 AM »

Quote from: gladius_veritatis

Quote from: Daniel
The saddest thing is that (to the best of my knowledge) their printing equipment was auctioned off two weeks ago and they will no longer print their own books.

Well, if they auction off their book-binding equipment, it might be a move in the right direction.

Great books - shoddy construction (and too high a price for it).

To my knowledge, they are getting rid of the majority (if not ALL) of their equipment, so the binding should indeed improve! My source sounds shady, but I heard this from a friend of a friend (at an Eastern Rite parish) who is related to the Vice Prez or something? I forget the details of the connections because it has definitely been quite a while since I had heard the news (and I didn't exactly feel the need to take notes of the conversation at the time).

So, yes, hopefully the binding will get MUCH better!

Pinoy Monk

Matthew · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2007, 08:55:56 AM »

The binding problem was fixed in 1997 or so.

The problem is, many OLDER or slower-moving books had 15 years of stock already in existence. Because the presses would otherwise be idle, for economy of scale, etc. books were printed in HUGE runs.

A good chunk of the books have not only been re-printed with the new (fixed) binding technique, but they often have new, updated covers as well!

They were doing several things wrong with the binding. They had the wrong glue and/or temperature, they weren't "roughing up the binding" before applying the glue, etc. I've seen their binding process -- trust me, it works great now! :)

Matthew

MaterDominici · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:24:18 AM »

Quote from: ChantCd

... it works great now! :)

I think you mean, "it worked great just before they closed up the print shop."

Yes, the presses have been sold and all future printings will be done out-of-house as is the way most publishers operate.

PinoyMonk · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:37:59 AM »

Ah, good to know.

Everyone I know has probably been buying the pre-1997 (I think that was the date =P) books.

Oh, well...