Question About Current USA Trade Paperback Printing

[Andy92]

I’ve been reading this series on and off for a couple years and am currently on the 6th book (no spoilers please, I’ve tried to avoid reading other thread titles in this forum lol). I have been collecting the books in trade paperback format and when I went to order a new one, I noticed there’s a logo on the covers now advertising the Amazon tv show.

My question is…is this emblem actually embedded in the print or is it a sticker? Looks like this is a 2020 reprint from the publisher but I’m not having much luck figuring out if that logo it permanent. If it’s not a sticker that’s a bummer, and I’ll probably end up trying to go through the used market to complete the collection best I can based on the original printing of the trade paperbacks in the US. Thought I’d check here to see if anyone knew and could give some insight. 

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I did a quick look, and my best guess is that it's embedded.  Every edition had it, so they might be printing them with it from here on out.  I know that that's what happened with Shadow and Bone's covers as well.

It is a bummer, that's for sure.

(On a more amusing note, I did Google this to see if that turned up anything more, and it autofilled my search to 'do the wheel of time covers have a middle ear infection'.

[Andy92]

Lol that’s funny on the search result. 

Appreciate you taking the time to look. I think it’s probably embedded as well since it’s showing up at every bookstore and not just Amazon. Might have to see if I can track down some of the older trade paperback prints before the 2020 run…

[Quantus he/him]

https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Premium-Boxed-Set/dp/1250251516/

Is this it?

[Andy92]

3 hours ago, Quantus said:

https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Premium-Boxed-Set/dp/1250251516/

Is this it?

I believe that’s the smaller mass market paperbacks. I’m looking at the more full sized trade paperbacks. The publisher did a print of them all in that format once AMOL released. 

This is the one for New Spring.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1250774365/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1628125386&sr=8-3

They printed a new run of these in 2020 with the Prime Video logo and now I can’t track down the 2013 prints. They’re the exact same art without that logo. I didn’t know if it was a sticker but I think it’s embedded. 

[Weltall]

Yeah, this is something publishers tend to do once there's an adaptation. You'll see the same thing happening with A Song of Ice and Fire if you've looked at any version of those printed in the last decade and it will probably happen on reprintings of Brandon's books if/when any film or television adaptations come out. So grab 'em now while they're still clean of advertising!

Speaking of which, the art for the newest release of Eye of the World is quite nice.

[Andy92]

I just wish the advertisement was a sticker. Embedded in the print is so stupid lol