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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Yes, Trade paperback is what I was spacing on. I don't like the fit to my hand. It feels unnatural. Plus, I don't like the increased price. And a lot of the time, the text size/line spacing is too big for my liking. The problem is the trade is not liked by all and we have to wait even longer to get MMPB. Why not publish both at the same time and see what really sells?
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Because it costs money. Sometimes they do publish tdpb and mmpb simultaneously, but not that often. The tdpb is basically a hardcover, without the boards. Tor will often publish in tdpb books that they don't think they can sell enough of to justify mmpb, with its lower profit margin. (Just today, my editor said to me, "Mass market is a bitch these days.") A lot of books just aren't selling well in mass market in the current climate. The economics are different, and they can do smaller press runs with tdpb. Some books
never get into mmpb. It's not because they don't want to; it's because they don't get enough orders.
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Are they really lowering prices the same day the book goes from hardcover to MMPB?
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Beats me. In the examples I've seen, yes. Close enough, anyway. I really haven't been seeing the higher prices everyone's talking about. Except that Kindle can no longer do loss leaders. So yeah, it's a hit for Kindle owners who want the newest books. For me, the biggest hit has been the semi-collapse of FW.