A while back I began to collect some fantasy novels I'd had my eyes on. I used to wait until a fantasy series was complete before beginning to read book1, but I did still like to purchase those that I was interested in, having them on my TBR shelves, staring at me, sitting, waiting.
These days due to unreliable publishers, inconsistent formatting, vanishing dust jackets and a strange shift in cover finishes (from glossy to matte or vice versa), and of course, lastly and not leastly; due to the unreliability of certain authors I've mostly come to abandon my keeping in tune book-buying and instead have shifted to only purchasing books when the whole endeavour I'm interested in is complete. I'm only one person and I already have over a 1000 physical books waiting on my TBR shelves, and I frankly don't need the hassle of chasing down editions in a series that can't or won't match.
And even then, it can still go wrong sometimes, to whit I present you the evidence:
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The 'not once, but twice' wrong-format saga really resonated, especially having to ask an eBay seller for a photo of someone actually holding the book just to verify the edition before buying. With over a thousand physical books already waiting on the TBR shelves, I completely understand refusing to chase down matching editions in a series that can't or won't match, particularly with publishers shifting cover finishes from glossy to matte mid-series. The beveled edges being the consolation prize made me laugh, since collectors really do cling to those small physical details when everything else goes sideways. After a frustrating round of edition-hunting myself, I usually decompress with something entirely unrelated, like https://kickthebuddyapk.app/, before going back to the shelves.
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