Talk:Folio Society

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Contents 1 Membership 2 Authorship 3 Advertisement 4 New Text 5 Partisan Editing?

[edit] Membership

The article says "A member simply has to buy four Folio Society books each year.", but according to http://www.foliosociety.com/aboutus/how_to_join.php there is no yearly requirement: "Joining us involves buying just four books, after that you can buy as many, or as few, as you wish." Does someone know if there is a yearly requirement? -- Pseudovector Tue Jul 4 22:38:21 UTC 2006

[edit] Authorship

Was this written by the Folio Society, or just a very satisfied member?

The user who originally wrote this (Marksroc) has only this page listed in his list of user contributions. Make your own conclusions. Goffrie 17:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advertisement

This article is an advertisement. Which is a shame because I came here looking for NPOV encyclopedic info, not a sales pitch (I already know FS makes good books). I've tagged it with Template:Advert for now. I would edit it, but no nothing about the company. -- Stbalbach 05:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Text

I have today added a completely new text for this article, replacing the text that was rightly considered to be an advertisement. I am a member of The Folio Society but am not otherwise connected with it. With regard to the earlier query, I understand that one is indeed required to purchase four volumes per year of membership, and my text reflects this understanding.

I have retained the illustrations from the original entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sordel (talk • contribs) .

Thank You, Sordel! Much better, well done, a great addition. -- Stbalbach 21:39, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Partisan Editing?

My redaction of this page was altered by an unnamed editor to remove the following comment: "At the same time, [Folio] has progressively undermined the value of many of its books in the second-hand market by a combination of discounting and reprinting, suggesting a publisher that is attempting to reinvent itself in a difficult marketplace." The rapid decrease in resale value of recent Folio titles is an observable fact and I have heard booksellers comment on it. Furthermore, this erosion of value is clearly driven by two conscious strategies on Folio's part: namely the reprinting of existing editions and the frequent offer of existing boxed sets at a negligible cost to rejoining members. It seems to me that mention of this phenomenon is relevant to an article on a publisher and does not fall into the area of unfair editorial comment ... but equally I can see why someone connected with Folio might want to remove mention of it. In any case, I have not reverted the edit, but am leaving this comment for those who check the discussion. Given that a previous redaction of this page was marked as an advertisement, I will raise this page as a possible target of partisan editing if further alterations of this sort are made. --Sordel 09:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't know who removed it, but I didn't contest the removal of it, and I have no connection to the company. It does sound and read like original research POV. If you want to re-add it, suggest using sources and simply document what other people have said. -- Stbalbach 16:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)