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 just want to jump in on this particular one: the hardcover for that novel was huge. It was massive. I believe -- although I don't have it on hand -- it was something on the order of 1100 densely typed pages. I took one look at it and my first thought was: They will never be able to print this in one mass market volume.
There's only so much you can do with the binding. The books they did print are not, in fact, small books. They could have bumped a papergrade or two (which has the effect of making the book limp, and some readers don't like it because the paper to them is more transparent and the other words can be more easily seen), but I'm not sure it would have netted them enough spine/glue space at a printable price to print that book in a single mass market volume.
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Date: 2004-09-10 03:34 pm (UTC)I just want to jump in on this particular one: the hardcover for that novel was huge. It was massive. I believe -- although I don't have it on hand -- it was something on the order of 1100 densely typed pages. I took one look at it and my first thought was: They will never be able to print this in one mass market volume.
There's only so much you can do with the binding. The books they did print are not, in fact, small books. They could have bumped a papergrade or two (which has the effect of making the book limp, and some readers don't like it because the paper to them is more transparent and the other words can be more easily seen), but I'm not sure it would have netted them enough spine/glue space at a printable price to print that book in a single mass market volume.