Re: [cobirds] Re: New Sibley Guide: Wait for the next printing

Not much new to say, but I just need to vent.  I bought the new Sibley at the Boulder Bookstore this afternoon.  When I got home, I compared it to my old Sibley.  The new book's bird colors are substantially darker, richer colored, on many plates.  In my view, quite unacceptable.  To make things worse, they must have used so much ink on the plates that they didn't have enough left over for the printed words (just kidding).  The printed words are faintly inked compared to the old Sibley.  I see the book was printed in China.  Maybe if they'd printed it in the U.S. it might have been convenient to proof the book before countless unacceptable copies were printed.  I returned my book to the Boulder Bookstore for credit this evening.  I'm disappointed and inconvenienced.  If I were David Sibley, I would be outraged.  I have a ticket to his book signing in Boulder.  I'll be interested to hear what he has to say about this.
David Waltman
Boulder

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From: "Barry" <barrylgingrich@gmail.com>
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 2:06:09 PM
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: New Sibley Guide: Wait for the next printing

Sharon Stiteler (Birdchick) posted some pictures comparing the colors to previous editions on her blog: http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2014/03/so-i-got-a-second-edition-sibley/

She notes that the Scarlet Tanager is much darker (and too dark) in this edition, and that reds & oranges are in general a bit off. She uses Red-Shouldered Hawk as another example, where the bars look more brown than the orange she expected.

Here's what David Sibley himself said in a comment on his website:

David Sibley  March 16, 2014 at 11:46 AM

Yes, there are some problems with the colors in the second edition and those will be corrected in the next printing.

See The Second edition is in-hand at sibleyguides.com

The printing issue apparently only affects a certain number of plates, or maybe it's just worse on some than others. Complaints I've seen have been about the reds being too dark and lack of detail on some images. The other major complaint is about the font being difficult to read, which is supposed to be corrected in the next printing as well.

I haven't seen the book yet myself. I suggest you judge for yourself, but if Sibley is saying the colors are off on a few paintings, I'd believe him. Most of the paintings are supposed to be fine. He's going to be at the Tattered Cover on April 3 and the Boulder Bookstore on April 4, but I'm sure he's tired of answering questions about this. :-)

 

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- Barry Gingrich

  Broomfield County

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