Spinward Marches Manufacturing Defects
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Yeah, I'd send it back for replacement for sure.
I think what you've got is a wrong pocket. When they bound it, the individual signatures were put sequentially in a line of hoppers in what is called a collator. During collation sigs are pulled in reverse order and pile on each other one after another until the first signature lands on top and the resulting book blocks are routed to the actual binder and thence onto the three-knife which trims the head, foot, and thumb-edge of the book. A wrong pocket might involve just one or two stray signatures but usually, in my experience at least, involves one or more handfuls of the wrong signature being thrown in the hopper or "pocket". The good news is that wrong pockets do not normally involve much more than that, so a replacement should quite safe and complete.
I think what you've got is a wrong pocket. When they bound it, the individual signatures were put sequentially in a line of hoppers in what is called a collator. During collation sigs are pulled in reverse order and pile on each other one after another until the first signature lands on top and the resulting book blocks are routed to the actual binder and thence onto the three-knife which trims the head, foot, and thumb-edge of the book. A wrong pocket might involve just one or two stray signatures but usually, in my experience at least, involves one or more handfuls of the wrong signature being thrown in the hopper or "pocket". The good news is that wrong pockets do not normally involve much more than that, so a replacement should quite safe and complete.
GamerDude
Cosmic Mongoose
Having had this happen once in a while (various companies), let me warn you to not just send it back.Omega Man said:
EMAIL them with what the problem is. My experiance is they'll either just send you a new one or at least help you with this.
The ONLY time I've had to return a book was when I was a demo monkey for AEG and the copy of Worlds Largest Dungeon I ordered with my demo points came all messed up (well, they had written on the cover "damaged, do not ship or sell" with silver sharpie). I sent them a photo of the book and why it was marked that way and they actually demanded I send the book back first (at my expense).
So, email Matt, he'll probably take good care of you.
Gruffty the Hiver
Mongoose
....at least you got a frakkin' copy....kafka said:
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Anonymous
Guest
Well said my "slimy handshaking" friend
broken serenity
Mongoose
esdevium have it down as shipping next week in the uk so not long till we can get our copies.
Gruffty the Hiver
Mongoose
Bah.rust said:Just wait a few more days, and I will have my German version before
you poor Brits have got your English one ...
:roll:Klaus Kipling
Mongoose
broken serenity said:
Just got an email from my FLGS which says Tuesday at 2pm. At least, I think it's concerning the Spinward Marches Sourcebook.....
