Thread: Roth's Complaint: "Age of books is at an end"
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Old 06-22-2007, 08:09 AM   #30
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I have some bad news. I think the evolution of books is going backwards. Some companies are putting out paperback books in the taller thinner format and charging more for it. The same width and depth as a mass market paperback, but now just as tall as a trade paperback. Naturally, they're more expensive than a mass market at $10 a pop.

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I've noticed the same thing... there are paperbacks I have not bought because of the size and price. I think they're trying to con us into paying hardback prices for paperback books. Either that, or their making them bigger for all the aging boomers and their bad eyesight.
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