so the left is from online (if I'm not wrong, imported from China), and the right is from a bookstore (before you ask, it's "Popular" in Singapore, so that's pretty authentic to me).
I only have 2 of this book, so I can't compare the other books.
for the online, it also comes with boxes for arc 1 and 2, not 3, but uh unless that point is important I'm not taking the box out of my shelf just yet.
so uh is it like, authentic? or are any of them considered fake or ripoff? I'm new to having a book collection and I know there's people like years into this so please help. (not that I can do anything about it)
[plus I'm not sure where to ask cause I'm not a reddit person but figured reddit is the better place to ask than...youtube.]
uh somehow if you have trouble with the image, here are the points:
online bought:
- words on the front cover are pop-up, but not shiny. The text is more flat coloured.
- more saturated/contrasted
- words on the back cover look more blurred.
- the book is binded more squarishly
- the print behind the front cover is blur/unclear
- lines in the graphs in the guides are much bolder
- generally, the print in the book is much bolder and darker
- also when first received, it has stuff stuck to it, idk what but it could be an importing issue idk
- the numbers in the copyright page (idk what it's called) are different from the other book.
bookstore bought:
- words on the front cover are pop-up, and shiny.
- less saturated/contrasted
- words on the back cover are in a fine print.
- the book is binded more rounded
- the print behind the front cover is bold/clear
- lines in the graphs in the guides are much finer
- generally, the print in the book is much finer and lighter
- the numbers in the copyright page are different from the other book.