Many new trade hardcover books will not last that long. I work at a university press, and we still use acid-free paper, quarter-cloth bindings, sturdy boards, and other niceties that the big trade houses are increasingly giving up on. Guess what? Most of our books cost more than $30, or even $40.

Does your university press still sew signatures?

A lot of print-on-demand "hardcovers" are just perfect-bound text blocks glued into a hard cover. So disappointing.