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Originally Posted by rantanplan
So mass market PB and TPB are not that same? I don't think this exists here, so I'm a bit confused.
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No, they are not the same. Trade paperback is a large paperback, only a bit smaller than a hardcover, while mass market paperback is a small paperback, the size of your average ereader. Mass market paperbacks were usually released a year after the hardcover edition and were cheap (less than 10$). Trade paperbacks were priced between hardcovers and mass market paperbacks, usually more than 10$ but less than 20$.
Here we get only one format, either a hardcover or a paperback, and that's it. But I've bought books in English since I earned enough to buy them, because Estonian books are more expensive and the selection is pitiful compared to the larger markets.