avidreader, I know what you mean. I resisted reading 'Wicked' for a long time because the trade paperback was a non-standard size and would not line up properly on my bookshelf, and then the mass-market paperback has a spine which was tinted green. I am a bit OCD about weird stuff like that
And guess what I have on my iPod right now?
And there is no non-stardard paper size or weird green spine on THAT!