I received my copy of HARP SF after 7 days, HARP SF Extreme and Shadowworld Payers Guide is still not sent, but I ordered these two as Full Color versions, so it is within the limits.
The quality of the print is very good and the hardcover seems to be quite robust. The print is in a very good contrast and it looks very nice. However ALL papers (except of the cover and the first/thicker white page at the beginning and end) are curled. It is constant over all pages, so I doubt that it is because they got wet. It looks more like a general problem.
I will try to press it somehow overnight, let's see how it looks like tomorrow.
I would contact the printer and find out what they have to say. And as you said some heavy books on top of it may press the pages flat.
MDC
No change after pressing one full day, with a cupboard and an old TV on top (so far heavier than a few books
).
Yes, I already considered contacting RPGNow, but I'm not a guy who needs "nice" books as long as they are functional. And I don't want to have this stress with sending it back and waiting again
So, let's hope that the other two books look better and that the binding is not as bad as the paper.
I just wanted to offer my testimonial. I ordered HARP SF (hardcover) and HARP SF Extreme (hardcover color) and I must say that I am very satisfied! These are by far better quality than any of the hardcover books I ever recieved during the Mjolnir ICE era.
Regarding the quality of the old HARP books I can say that I never had a book in a bad condition, even after ordering the "Scratch & Dent" series. So, at the moment I would give the PoD service a "minus" compared to the old printer of Mjolnir.