Penguin. High quality and spines rarely break. An assortment of cool, original covers (mainly contempary classic covers but still) and they have an actual business model that will survive e.g. publish a million copies of tiktok book to fund the reprints of some obscure, 1800 text no one except serious readers are interested in.
Physical quality, formatting, and translation choice I think all go to Penguin.
It seems like B&N is practically trash-tier for paperbacks. I haven't bought any new B&N paperbacks in-store which haven't already been slightly ripped or creased, poorly printed with ink splotches and/or fading words. IDK about their hardcovers though.
Also, their translations are almost always garbage and in the public domain anyways, at least based on the small sample size of B&N books that I have.
I don't know if it was always like this but both are pretty poor, though I think penguin is moderately better in every category.
Easily Barnes & Noble. Easily.
1. VINTAGE
2. NYRB
3. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
4. PENGUIN DELUXE
ANYTHING NOT LISTED IS NOT WORTHWHILE
vintage is part of penguin you under read morons
the prime choice is always nyrb
Considering Random House and Vintage basically started NYRB, you’re moronic and so is your point
>~~*nyrb*~~
Oy vey
Penguin. It's not a contest.
Good take
>VINTAGE
Owned by the penguin.
>NYRB
Distributed by the penguin.
>EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
Owned by the penguin.
You forgot Dalkey
Penguin, no contest.
Oxford. But I like Penguin's Modern Classics line a lot.
Vintage shits on penguin
Penguin. High quality and spines rarely break. An assortment of cool, original covers (mainly contempary classic covers but still) and they have an actual business model that will survive e.g. publish a million copies of tiktok book to fund the reprints of some obscure, 1800 text no one except serious readers are interested in.
I'm an Oxford man.
Penguin is always my first choice.
RORORO
What makes a good publisher?
Overall quality on average, the covers, formatting, etc.
Material quality, feel of the books, formatting and editing, translation quality, covers. Good annotations/essays/critical material are also nice.
OUP IS better
Penguin. Good binding. Good quality. Tasteful design. Good text with ample notes.
Penguin
Physical quality, formatting, and translation choice I think all go to Penguin.
It seems like B&N is practically trash-tier for paperbacks. I haven't bought any new B&N paperbacks in-store which haven't already been slightly ripped or creased, poorly printed with ink splotches and/or fading words. IDK about their hardcovers though.
Also, their translations are almost always garbage and in the public domain anyways, at least based on the small sample size of B&N books that I have.
I don't know if it was always like this but both are pretty poor, though I think penguin is moderately better in every category.
Penguin wins I guess