Dear ARLISians,

Has anyone else noticed the growing number of art books being published without book board OR paperback covers? They might come in a flimsy box, or be 'disguised' with a book jacket, but once the box or jacket is removed (as is our usual practice) the sewn binding and paper signatures are exposed and unprotected. What are publishers thinking, other than the obvious answer that they are economizing?

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Nina Stephenson, Art Librarian-Library Acquisitions
Fine Arts and Design Library MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
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505-277-0679

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