LOVE Library of America! I have been reading the Ray Bradbury volume this past week! The quality of the LOA books is fabulous. As a Subscriber, I get a great price on a slip cased volume and enjoy great sales. Also, I love the give back of the publisher. Every book price includes a charitable donation of LOA books to schools and libraries.
Love Bradbury! He definitely deserves to be in the Library of America. I honestly didn't know anything about the Library of America, but they are beautiful copies!
Those books are terrific quality. I was subscribed to LOA for a time, and all of those books I received in slipcases with no dust jacket. The slipcases are great qualiry too, and stand up to quite a bit.
I also have a large collection of LOA. I have a mix of dust jacket editions and boxed editions. My copy of Chandler is 25 years old and you’d never know it wasn’t new.
Oh Berkeley Public Library! What do they allow to go on within those walls! Actually, I don’t want to know. 🙈 Library of America is on a pretty cool mission. And I appreciate the acid-free paper.
Having numbers for notes in the body of the text adds clutter. I don't know if this is LOA's reasoning, but I prefer the de-cluttered approach. When reading, I put the bookmark in the notes section and refer to the notes when I run across a word or phrase that I don't understand. LOA is releasing a second Bradbury edition later in 2022.
Woah, almost missed this video. Glad I got to see these! Someday, when your renovations are complete, you’ll have to do a full book tour. You seem to have a bottomless well from which you keep pulling this endless supply….
Funny, but LOA Ray B. is on my shopping list awaiting to be purchased. I couldn't come across any better edition. Pity, LOA is not distributed in the EC so importing the books from the USA is very tax costly.
I was looking to add to my collection at the bookstore and they had many different selections of authors and editions. I pulled out one of these and it was instantly my favorite to hold and look at. I love the thin pages and design. I’m a collector so the idea that they fit so many in one bind is very enticing. I went home and ordered five more immediately, I am ashamed to say.
I discovered The Library of America in 2019. All I got read was Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s, then the apocalypse happened and I couldn't go to the library. I don't know when the library reopened, but I am still chicken to go out in public. I bought Octavia E. Butler (LOA #338), for my daughter's Christmas present. I do my shopping early. Because of online shopping, my bookshelves are overflowing.
Love tæthe LoA -- not sure I've seen then for sale in stores here in Norway, but with the Internet that's no big problem. Not a fan of the standard jacket design, but it's ok. The books themselves are pretty close to a platonic ideal for me though. I got the Nabokov volumes at a used bookstore in New York and they had no dust jackets, but came in thick slip cases instead. No idea how one gets those editions new.
I like the LOA, I don’t have many and most were acquired second hand. I’m okay with the black covers. Everyman’s Library switches it up a bit with their covers it would be nice if LOA did that. I’d be interested to see what’s in that 📦 of yours. 🙏🏼
Yes, even we - the international readers from far, far lands know The Library of America editions, lol :D Although I have never seen them in bookshops here, but I have seen them a lot in online bookshops which is where I usually get 90% of my books anyways :) When I saw the title of the video, I wanted to tell you that I really would love to own the edition of Shirley Jackson, and what do you know - you actually show that edition :D I never knew the pages were so thin and I don`t know how I feel about that now. Anyways - great and informational video as always! :)
Apart from not cluttering the text with those little numbers, which somebody else has mentioned above, I would suppose Library of America has an objective not to tamper with the original text, which inclusion of numbers by _their_ editors would do. They seem unafraid to tackle any sort of technical problem, so I suppose if the author himself had those notes they would include them; though I wonder if they would use footnotes or endnotes for that.
I've never seen them in retail bookshops down here, only online, and of course they're rather pricey. 😫 Some scholarly journals do that note method, which I dont mind. I tend to look at all the notes when I finish a chapter anyway. There's possibly a practical reason to do it too. For those with deterioarating eye sight who refuse to get glasses (could be me 🙄) - sometimes you dont even see the little reference numbers ! 🤣
I just got the Bradbury volume. I wanted to get Fahrenheit 451 but I was holding out for a nice edition. I was looking at Folio but I was even happier to see LoA come out with it. I went with the slipcased one. I have both Shirley Jacksons and Lovecraft. I glad to see they are publishing the spooky writers.
I hate these covers, but I love the idea of collecting the works like this and putting the author's image on the front. Very well made. I love that your dog rats you out!
Englishman living in America. Library of America does the Nation a Special favour! Have a hard time not clicking on Amazon on which one to get next.Great PROMOTION.
I don't mind a thicker book if the pages are strong. The transparency of the LOA books has always gotten on my nerves, so a heavier-weight grammage would be preferable, especially on thinner volumes. BTB, on your Lovecraft books: is there ANY complete collection of all Lovecraft's story in hardcover? I'm sick of not being able to find a single-volume ominibus of his work.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 The B&N one is complete & unabridged? *All* his stuff? (sorry for being a stickler on this but I get miffed at how many writers I don't have in my library in their entirety because of this sort of thing; thanks to you I know which Conan edition I need to get!)
LOA are truly a quality product and they have great sales on the website. You did a wonderful job of describing the books BUT you didn’t mention the bookmark! That’s what the pup was trying to tell you.
If you’re going to have notes there ought to be some indication in the text! I think these books would drive me crazy because I always want to read the notes!
I don't know if I own a LOA version of any book. I do have all the Bradbury Books You mentioned. I may have 2 look into them. I seen that Lovecraft version at a Used book store before, but didn't get it because I have so many different HP books I didn't get it. Now I wish I did. Hahaha. She made me, and My cat laying by me jump when she barked. LoL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Is LOA paying You for this Video. LoL Great Job, and Video. 👍😁👍
The Library of America has not paid me a cent for this endorsement! I’m very annoyed. Penguin has also avoided paying me for the Sunday Penguin! What are they thinking!
I recently acquired LOA's Lovecraft collection. The only thing I'm iffy about is the thin paper. It feels nice to the touch and keeps the book pretty slim, but man I'm so afraid of accidentally tearing a page! And I'm usually really gentle with my physical books. No doubt the Shirley Jackson collection will make it to my shelves eventually. And I've got my eye on their Ambrose Bierce volume that's due for a reprint soon. They also have a second Bradbury volume with The Illustrated Man and The October Country releasing in - you guessed it - October of this year!
The LOA editions are surprisingly durable. The editions in my local library look like they’ve been used as toys for gorillas 🦍 but they still have their pages.
LOVE Library of America! I have been reading the Ray Bradbury volume this past week! The quality of the LOA books is fabulous. As a Subscriber, I get a great price on a slip cased volume and enjoy great sales. Also, I love the give back of the publisher. Every book price includes a charitable donation of LOA books to schools and libraries.
There are like 100 volumes at my local library (Arad), in Romania. They were given as gifts by the US ambassador. I really like these books (volumes).
Love Bradbury! He definitely deserves to be in the Library of America. I honestly didn't know anything about the Library of America, but they are beautiful copies!
Those books are terrific quality. I was subscribed to LOA for a time, and all of those books I received in slipcases with no dust jacket. The slipcases are great qualiry too, and stand up to quite a bit.
I also have a large collection of LOA. I have a mix of dust jacket editions and boxed editions. My copy of Chandler is 25 years old and you’d never know it wasn’t new.
I just got the Ray Bradbury, too!
I take the cover off (I keep them in a box). I like the way they look on the shelf more that way.
Glad to see someone on BookTube can open a plastic box without panicking! Impressive collection, Mike. The LoA produces some fantastic volumes!
Oh Berkeley Public Library! What do they allow to go on within those walls! Actually, I don’t want to know. 🙈 Library of America is on a pretty cool mission. And I appreciate the acid-free paper.
I'm glad the The Library of America is out there ensuring these historic texts don't go out of print!
Thanks Michael, I can't believe I've never heard of them, will look for them.
Great! Thanks for watching!
Having numbers for notes in the body of the text adds clutter. I don't know if this is LOA's reasoning, but I prefer the de-cluttered approach. When reading, I put the bookmark in the notes section and refer to the notes when I run across a word or phrase that I don't understand. LOA is releasing a second Bradbury edition later in 2022.
Really looking forward to bring some of these to Argentina, particularly the Melville poems and pkd collection. Cheers.
Love the quality of LOA editions. They have a fantastic website too!
For some reason the stripe on the Library of America books reminds me of France more than the US. LOL. Great books though!
I've never seen those editions over here, I guess I could get hold of them easily enough!
Great subject! Have the complete Civil War set and a triple Boxed set of Lincoln's speeches an writings with The Lincoln Anthology.
Woah, almost missed this video. Glad I got to see these! Someday, when your renovations are complete, you’ll have to do a full book tour. You seem to have a bottomless well from which you keep pulling this endless supply….
Say, how did you know I keep all my books in a bottomless well!?
Funny, but LOA Ray B. is on my shopping list awaiting to be purchased. I couldn't come across any better edition. Pity, LOA is not distributed in the EC so importing the books from the USA is very tax costly.
I was looking to add to my collection at the bookstore and they had many different selections of authors and editions. I pulled out one of these and it was instantly my favorite to hold and look at. I love the thin pages and design. I’m a collector so the idea that they fit so many in one bind is very enticing. I went home and ordered five more immediately, I am ashamed to say.
I absolutely love their volumes
I discovered The Library of America in 2019. All I got read was Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s, then the apocalypse happened and I couldn't go to the library. I don't know when the library reopened, but I am still chicken to go out in public. I bought Octavia E. Butler (LOA #338), for my daughter's Christmas present. I do my shopping early. Because of online shopping, my bookshelves are overflowing.
Online shopping can be dangerous!
Love tæthe LoA -- not sure I've seen then for sale in stores here in Norway, but with the Internet that's no big problem. Not a fan of the standard jacket design, but it's ok. The books themselves are pretty close to a platonic ideal for me though.
I got the Nabokov volumes at a used bookstore in New York and they had no dust jackets, but came in thick slip cases instead. No idea how one gets those editions new.
Thanks for the video. I currently only have three LOA volumes...two Edith Wharton & the sea tales of James Fenimore Cooper. I'd love to have more. 😁
I like the LOA, I don’t have many and most were acquired second hand. I’m okay with the black covers. Everyman’s Library switches it up a bit with their covers it would be nice if LOA did that. I’d be interested to see what’s in that 📦 of yours. 🙏🏼
Yes, even we - the international readers from far, far lands know The Library of America editions, lol :D Although I have never seen them in bookshops here, but I have seen them a lot in online bookshops which is where I usually get 90% of my books anyways :)
When I saw the title of the video, I wanted to tell you that I really would love to own the edition of Shirley Jackson, and what do you know - you actually show that edition :D
I never knew the pages were so thin and I don`t know how I feel about that now. Anyways - great and informational video as always! :)
Some people really don’t like the paper at all. I really like it.
Apart from not cluttering the text with those little numbers, which somebody else has mentioned above, I would suppose Library of America has an objective not to tamper with the original text, which inclusion of numbers by _their_ editors would do. They seem unafraid to tackle any sort of technical problem, so I suppose if the author himself had those notes they would include them; though I wonder if they would use footnotes or endnotes for that.
I've never seen them in retail bookshops down here, only online, and of course they're rather pricey. 😫 Some scholarly journals do that note method, which I dont mind. I tend to look at all the notes when I finish a chapter anyway. There's possibly a practical reason to do it too. For those with deterioarating eye sight who refuse to get glasses (could be me 🙄) - sometimes you dont even see the little reference numbers ! 🤣
Yeah, I do sometimes miss those little numbers!
I just got the Bradbury volume. I wanted to get Fahrenheit 451 but I was holding out for a nice edition. I was looking at Folio but I was even happier to see LoA come out with it. I went with the slipcased one. I have both Shirley Jacksons and Lovecraft. I glad to see they are publishing the spooky writers.
Yes, I’m glad to see some spooky authors represented as well. I’m personally hoping for a Richard Matheson volume.
O they have ISBNs? My Eastons and Franklins don't! Makes it hard to track them.
I hate these covers, but I love the idea of collecting the works like this and putting the author's image on the front. Very well made. I love that your dog rats you out!
Englishman living in America.
Library of America does the Nation a Special favour! Have a hard time not clicking on Amazon on which one to get next.Great PROMOTION.
I don't mind a thicker book if the pages are strong. The transparency of the LOA books has always gotten on my nerves, so a heavier-weight grammage would be preferable, especially on thinner volumes.
BTB, on your Lovecraft books: is there ANY complete collection of all Lovecraft's story in hardcover? I'm sick of not being able to find a single-volume ominibus of his work.
There are a few of them out now. The Barnes & Noble is my favorite but there are a couple others that are really good.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 The B&N one is complete & unabridged? *All* his stuff? (sorry for being a stickler on this but I get miffed at how many writers I don't have in my library in their entirety because of this sort of thing; thanks to you I know which Conan edition I need to get!)
@@Theomite it has everything complete except for collaborations with other writers.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Ah. Dangity. Oh well, thanks!
LOA are truly a quality product and they have great sales on the website. You did a wonderful job of describing the books BUT you didn’t mention the bookmark! That’s what the pup was trying to tell you.
Yes! Rhonda was very annoyed that I neglected to mention the bookmark.
If you’re going to have notes there ought to be some indication in the text! I think these books would drive me crazy because I always want to read the notes!
Wich edition is better to buy bradbury, everyman or LOA?
I would go with the LOA.
I don't know if I own a LOA version of any book. I do have all the Bradbury Books You mentioned. I may have 2 look into them. I seen that Lovecraft version at a Used book store before, but didn't get it because I have so many different HP books I didn't get it. Now I wish I did. Hahaha. She made me, and My cat laying by me jump when she barked. LoL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is LOA paying You for this Video. LoL
Great Job, and Video. 👍😁👍
The Library of America has not paid me a cent for this endorsement! I’m very annoyed. Penguin has also avoided paying me for the Sunday Penguin! What are they thinking!
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 LoL 😆
I recently acquired LOA's Lovecraft collection. The only thing I'm iffy about is the thin paper. It feels nice to the touch and keeps the book pretty slim, but man I'm so afraid of accidentally tearing a page! And I'm usually really gentle with my physical books.
No doubt the Shirley Jackson collection will make it to my shelves eventually. And I've got my eye on their Ambrose Bierce volume that's due for a reprint soon. They also have a second Bradbury volume with The Illustrated Man and The October Country releasing in - you guessed it - October of this year!
The LOA editions are surprisingly durable. The editions in my local library look like they’ve been used as toys for gorillas 🦍 but they still have their pages.
I hope you keep those plastic weatherproof boxes in a metal fireproof box.
I really really WANT to love these, but I just find the covers so unappealing....
It was fun to see a little bit of your collection.
Just take the covers off! See how I come up with brilliant solutions to every problem!