You've picked on most of the exceptions (but check the typography on Slut - you could do it in half the pages, and it'd probably be more readable!)
For more typical examples look at the Tricks series. Some 'tricks' are duplicated between the books, and the start and end padding - including the incredible plea: 'please don't remember these without buying the book' - is basically the same. So in effect, the first three or four are one decent book split up into several rather less acceptable ones.
They're not the worst (that has to be the second edition of The Guide to Getting It On, which achieved nearly all of its impressive increase in the number of pages - making it look like there was a pile of new material in it - simply by increasing the leading, the space between the lines!) but it's still pretty bad.
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Date: 2002-04-21 02:43 pm (UTC)For more typical examples look at the Tricks series. Some 'tricks' are duplicated between the books, and the start and end padding - including the incredible plea: 'please don't remember these without buying the book' - is basically the same. So in effect, the first three or four are one decent book split up into several rather less acceptable ones.
They're not the worst (that has to be the second edition of The Guide to Getting It On, which achieved nearly all of its impressive increase in the number of pages - making it look like there was a pile of new material in it - simply by increasing the leading, the space between the lines!) but it's still pretty bad.