The book itself is great, but the copy that I received was made using an inferior printing process. It almost seems like my copy was printed in another country.
For instance, the front cover looks as though someone tried to upscale an image to make it fit the size required, and because of this, there is a lack of resolution in how it was printed. The second sign that my copy is not "authentic" is due to the fact that I have compared the size of my copy to the size other copies, and mine is far thicker, meaning that the paper that it was printed on is far thicker. Upon closer inspection, it is easy to detect differences in paper texture and quality between my copy and the others that I have seen.
This is not a knock on the book, just a knock on the distributor that sold it to Amazon (I bought it via the Amazon prime option). With those points aside, the book is completely readable and there aren't any major issues with my copy. I am however concerned about whether the binding process will hold up. If I have any issues with the binding, I'll update this in the future.
P.S. - I have a suspicion that my copy might have been illegally printed by a company and then sold as an authentic copy. If this is not what happened, then I guess Springer (which I has great graduate textbooks) is using an inferior printing process to what they have used in the past.
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