Greetings! I'm not a regular consumer of doorstop fiction, but having wandered the Noreascon dealers' room rather a lot, I thought I'd put in my $0.02. The funny thing was, I avidly purchase trade PBs, and actively avoid mass market editions (I find they fall apart much more easily, doubly so as the page count increases), and the dealers' room was All Mass Market Alla Time. (And some HCs.)
Being too poor for HC, and too wary of MM (ever since I was 19, and To Green Angel Tower came out in two volumes at MM size), trades are really my best option. I'm sort of surprised more doorstops don't come out in trade size; I suppose it's related to the perception of the trade PB as being more small press/obscure/arty? Also I'm sure it would set big booksellers on their ears, having to redesign their shelving areas to accomodate more tall books.
(I don't have any idea about the per-unit costs of printing and shipping, and since taller books are slimmer, I don't even know whether there's a notable storage space difference per unit.)
Anyway. Seeing that MM is the only edition available is a great way to send me to the library.
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Date: 2004-09-10 09:20 am (UTC)Being too poor for HC, and too wary of MM (ever since I was 19, and To Green Angel Tower came out in two volumes at MM size), trades are really my best option. I'm sort of surprised more doorstops don't come out in trade size; I suppose it's related to the perception of the trade PB as being more small press/obscure/arty? Also I'm sure it would set big booksellers on their ears, having to redesign their shelving areas to accomodate more tall books.
(I don't have any idea about the per-unit costs of printing and shipping, and since taller books are slimmer, I don't even know whether there's a notable storage space difference per unit.)
Anyway. Seeing that MM is the only edition available is a great way to send me to the library.