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New article by Charles Ardai at Criminal Element.com
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Mohammed
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Sep 03, 2011 02:43AM
Hehe interesting article. You can market HCC like that really well.
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What those are, Alberto, are ARCs(Advanced reader Copies). Uncorrected proofs sent out for review purposes(I have three of them, all but Quarry's Ex) as well as authors reading and making corrections before the printing for sale copies.
According to this interview, they're going to be trade size.http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2011/...
Thats great, the old format was too small for my taste. I prefer nice medium sized trade paperbacks. The old format was too much mass market size.
The old format was pocket book size, my favorite. They fit well in one hand for reading. Trades & HB's are just too big to hold in one hand for long & have to be rested on my leg or the dog. That severely limits the positions as I have to get it just the right distance for glasses.I've heard one reason publishers like trade paperback size because there is no need to reformat from the HB edition. Since most small presses also tend to use that size, I would guess there are other reasons too, though.
Mohammed wrote: "Thats great, the old format was too small for my taste. I prefer nice medium sized trade paperbacks. The old format was too much mass market size."
Really, Mohammed? I'm surprised that someone who loves crime fiction as much as you do doesn't like cheap, mass-market paperbacks.
