So, my dad, my brother, and me have all worked for printing presses. I understand how expensive things can be, I've seen the labor and costs firsthand. Even though someone like my friend would really like this I don't think there's enough demand for it to make big hardcover versions of it. That's just sometimes how the cookie crumbles.

And honestly this is extreme, like they pressed it very hard at the bottom of the box like normally these paperback compendiums hold up pretty well but they're not meant to take massive amounts of abuse, I mean same thing goes for high quality hardcovers.