Faber finds is a really clever way of bringing back out of print books to a new audience. By utilising print on demand technology and involving authors and readers to suggest books that may be of interest to a new generation of reader, I’m certain they’re going to find new bestsellers.
I also love the fact that every copy will have its own uniquely designed cover. Now, if they only did the easy bit and allowed a purchaser to inscribe a dedication, I think they’ll create a fabulous new market niche, particularly in poetry.
Actually, the clever next step would be to allow book lovers to design their own poetry anthologies. They’d make the must have valentine and anniversary presents.
Any ideas for books they should republish?
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The unabridged edition of Michael Foot’s two-volume biography of Michael Foot. I’m pretty sure the 1999 edition misses out much of what made the first edition indispensable – the weight of direct quotation from Bevan’s speeches.
Hi timf,
Good news – we will be re-issuing Michael Foot’s biography of Nye Bevan in the original two volumes (as opposed to the abridged one volume edition that appeared later) in January 2009
Joanna
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