What is a rough cut?

Question: What is a rough cut!?

I'm going to buy Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture but Amazon says it's a hardcover roughcut!. What is a roughcut!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Rough cut is intentionally leaving the edges of the pages of a book or other publication in a rough, "unfinished" state!. It's usually done to give the book a more vintage appearance (and looks pretty nice, in my opinion)!.

The best example I can find is this!. It's supposed to simulate an older book: http://sallyjean!.typepad!.com/sallyjean/i!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

im guessing someone cut the bookWww@QuestionHome@Com