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Why mail-order hardcovers use cheaper paper

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That exclusive hardcover you received in the mail is actually a highly optimized knockoff. To save massive amounts on shipping weight and manufacturing, these specific editions use inferior paper stock, compress the font sizing, and lack the fancy embossments of the bookstore copies, making your special edition objectively worse.

Why mail-order hardcovers use cheaper paper
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