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For garden variety novels, for a dead tree version I would I only ever buy them after I have read them, unless you are someone I consider a superstar (e.g. if your name is not Reynolds or Egan), because they are very expensive. And a novel, basically, is just one throwaway story that is likely to be only average-decent.
(Exceptions being if at webscriptions as part of a bundle, but that isn't dead tree).
Garden variety foreigners are less likely to be in shops or libraries here, as they have to compete with the best UK, USA and all the Australian.
You are also right that if there were more MMPB versions, I'd buy more. I never buy hardbacks new, and dislike the sell the same thing at 1.5 times the price and waste more shelf space paperback variety.
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