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Thanks guys. My one major disappointment with the book was that I found out after the covers printed that Indigo inks, despite being water-based, cure very quickly and thus don't sink into an uncoated sheet as much as offset inks. This means that my covers, which had a ton of ink on them, scuffed and cracked very easily when going through the perfect binding process; and you could write your name on the cover with a fingernail. I used Superfine, so it was a technology limitation rather than a weakness in the paper. It still got banged up very easily, even after I opted to add an overall UV coat. So, we ended up using a matte laminate as a last-ditch solution. It doesn't look terrible, but it's definitely not uncoated anymore, and the lamination is a fingerprint magnet. I'm now wishing I'd used a dull coated sheet instead.
This reminds me of that thread a few weeks ago, where someone was lamenting the disconnect between their intentions and the final product. I'm really hoping that gap lessens over time. I feel like the last few years, my learning curve has at times been painfully steep.