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Message: <blockquote data-quote="griffin" data-source="post: 1232296" data-attributes="member: 34828">Hi Ross,The point about the cheapo paper IS relevant ! A book printed on paper like that will 'yellow' with age after a only a few years. As Stephen Menzie says 'read once and leave on the train' is the message it sends out. John's point about the binding is also valid.I don't know about you but most of the £30 plus books I buy are reference books and will last a lifetime ( and more ! ). So either "Frontiers" is a reference book and should never have been printed on essentially crap paper, or it is "read once...and chuck". What is it to be ?I for one don't think I gave it a hard time, far from it. However, the paper is an issue given that the book is priced at nearly £30. If it was £15 then it would be decent value IMO and I would readily recommend it at that.One last point - I, and presumably most if not all of the other 'reviewers' , have parted 30 sheets for it and I think this entitles us to say whatever we like about it ! The consensus seems to be that it is a useful book but is overpriced. If it was hardbacked and on good quality paper I don't think we would be bitching quite so much ! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Best, Lindsay</blockquote>