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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 11, 2021
You might think "Fulfilled by Amazon" would mean something for quality control, then you are wrong. Many vendors take advantage of FBA to sell high-quality counterfeits by printing the pirated PDF ebooks that can be found online.
These PDF files of the book usually do not have a high-resolution cover page but have embedded text. Thus, you can see pixelized pictures and blurry printings on the cover page, but everything inside is impeccable.
On the copyright page, you may find only date stamps showing the printing batch ("1 17"). Considering that this is a super popular book published in late 2017, it is very unlikely that you get a "new" book of the first prints.
I guess a better idea is either pay about $10 more to buy it from Amazon.ca (seller and shipper) or just don't spend the money at all for an alternative way to get the book (and donate something to the author). Otherwise, chances are that you are supporting a shady business that is located in parts of North America, South Asia, and East Asia (less likely for this type of commerce partially because of the different languages and the fact that downloading PDF is a trend).
Remember those international textbooks printed in English?
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Ways to identify a HIGH-QUALITY counterfeit book. [Solution: only buy books sold by Amazon.ca]
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 11, 2021
This is a very popular IT book, which means it has a lot of knock-off counterfeit re-prints.Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 11, 2021
You might think "Fulfilled by Amazon" would mean something for quality control, then you are wrong. Many vendors take advantage of FBA to sell high-quality counterfeits by printing the pirated PDF ebooks that can be found online.
These PDF files of the book usually do not have a high-resolution cover page but have embedded text. Thus, you can see pixelized pictures and blurry printings on the cover page, but everything inside is impeccable.
On the copyright page, you may find only date stamps showing the printing batch ("1 17"). Considering that this is a super popular book published in late 2017, it is very unlikely that you get a "new" book of the first prints.
I guess a better idea is either pay about $10 more to buy it from Amazon.ca (seller and shipper) or just don't spend the money at all for an alternative way to get the book (and donate something to the author). Otherwise, chances are that you are supporting a shady business that is located in parts of North America, South Asia, and East Asia (less likely for this type of commerce partially because of the different languages and the fact that downloading PDF is a trend).
Remember those international textbooks printed in English?
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Update: When I got the book, I suspected it’s counterfeit because of the print quality. To confirm, I bought another copy of the same book, this time sold by Amazon and saw that the print quality is perfect on the new copy. The seller was at fault here. Be careful of who you buy from.
I liked the content of this book. Amazing book to learn from. However, I'm very disappointed with the print quality. Many of the texts are pixelated and makes it hard to read. Also, the text from the other side of the page is visible making it further hard to read.
There are also ink marks of different colours across some of the pages.
I wonder if there is another publication of this book where the print quality is better.
I liked the content of this book. Amazing book to learn from. However, I'm very disappointed with the print quality. Many of the texts are pixelated and makes it hard to read. Also, the text from the other side of the page is visible making it further hard to read.
There are also ink marks of different colours across some of the pages.
I wonder if there is another publication of this book where the print quality is better.
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