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Originally Posted by leebase
Are they going to stop printing mmpb?
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Well, I haven't seen any articles for a few years, but I've been reading about writing/publishing for years here and there, and I can swear I saw several articles about the publishers phasing out MMPB as the Baby Boomers ages. Probably about 7-10 years ago?
IIRC, the thinking as that they basically were going to drop MMPB all together and go to tradesize, as both Hardbacks and Tradesize could use the same innerds, and just vary the binding. Because they make a lot more on a Tradesize than a MMPB, and they could adjust the fonts easier.
I've noticed more of my favorite series are coming out in all those weird sizes anymore, and in tradeback instead of paperback. Which is why I just jumped to ebooks when it started happening because I don't like HB or tradesize.
Wish I could find those old articles/conversations, but I've thought MMPB's were on the doomed list anyway, as "Aging Eyes" was going to be a good excuse to get rid of the low moneymaker in favor of a better one.