Geri, they are bound and look just like the original book, but the quality of the printing (and maybe even the paper---I forget) leaves alot to be desired.
They are printed as needed by the publishers, not "just anyone", which would be copyright infringement, of course.

Hmmm, is this a new thing by the publishers? Rather than reprint the publication they are copying as requested? What an interesting concept...how long has this been going on...like I said, this is the first I hear of this, but I think I would prefer this to digital....if given the choice...I guess that is dating me.

Thank you for sending the book to me - :)