Post #815621 by Prikli Pear on Tue, May 6, 2025 8:26 AM

Black Water, it hasn't been reprinted because Taschen owns the rights to it and has decided that it's not worth the investment to reprint. In addition to the original hardcover, there was a full-sized trade paperback printing along with two "digest" reprints of it (which are damn hard to read with the tiny print). Taschen likely reasons that the market is tapped out. Full color books are crazy expensive to print, so they're not willing to make that investment.

Likewise, Tiki Modern was a comparatively slow seller. Taschen has never reprinted that one in any format. In contrast, Tiki Pop was a strong seller, so they reprinted it in the smaller, digest format (hardback!) but reworked the layout so that it's got more pages and the type is readable. Currently available for $16-20, it is the best bargain in tiki books. But Sven doesn't have much say whether a book gets reprinted or not.