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Originally Posted by Sirtel
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$.
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Oh, I think they might be similar to the small Reclam books that we have. A lot of the books we had to read in school were in this tiny format. I still have a few Shakespeare books in this format.