Unofficial Smegazine book being sold on Amazon

[Richietee]

Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere (As it could be old news the Amazon listing has been up since January 2024) but just incase I wanted to give a heads up about this:

I spotted it a while ago after pre-ordering Titan on Amazon after it appeared in my recommendations at first glance, I assumed it was a fan-made comic collection. Amazon had also recommended a replica of My Incredible Career, so didn’t think much of it and ignored

Then it popped up on Reddit, and turns out it’s something else entirely… something that seems pretty damn scummy to me!

From what’s been said it’s a collection of Smegazine strips that have been reprinted (I can’t tell if they are using the usual PDF scans) with a very low-effort cover and zero copyright information whatsoever. 

As I haven’t seen a copy in person, so I could be mistaken, but it certainly doesn’t appear to be official in any way (Who’s the £40 going to?)

It’s a shame, because I’d absolutely love to see a professionally produced Smegazine compendium. I’d happily pay £40 (or more) for that!

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[Warbodog]

Making the out-of-print comics available on archive.org, torrents and the like is a public service, but this is out of order.

I compiled .cbz or .cbr image archive files for each respective series and posted them on here once (Red Dwarf stories, Mr Flibble, etc). I wonder if someone’s just printing those or did their own compiling.

The time-capsule news and interviews are the best bits of the Smegazine anyway.

[Warbodog]

According to a review, it says “printed in Great Britain by Amazon” inside, so it looks like the seller’s using a direct printing service. Amazon says it charges sellers an £0.85 fee + £0.027 per page for standard colour printing (£0.0598 for premium colour – think they’re using that?), which for 350 pages would work out around £10.25 in costs (£21.60 for premium quality). If that reflects what’s happening here.

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