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Life, The Universe and Everything
At a library book sale recently, I acquired an 8th printing of Douglas
Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything" to replace the BCE edition that I had. I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? Francis A. Miniter |
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I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in
size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? The Doubleday group of book clubs changes the size of books because they print all their books in one size for the price savings. In most cases, this means a bit smaller than the original, but in some cases, it means increasing the size. |
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Daveblues wrote:
I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? The Doubleday group of book clubs changes the size of books because they print all their books in one size for the price savings. In most cases, this means a bit smaller than the original, but in some cases, it means increasing the size. Ah, thank you. A reasonable explanation exists after all. Francis A. Miniter |
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"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
... At a library book sale recently, I acquired an 8th printing of Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything" to replace the BCE edition that I had. I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? Francis A. Miniter This post caused me to go look at my copy. It's a Harmony (Crown) stated first and it's quite small. Is that the publisher of your copy? |
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braves-lady wrote:
"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... At a library book sale recently, I acquired an 8th printing of Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything" to replace the BCE edition that I had. I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? Francis A. Miniter This post caused me to go look at my copy. It's a Harmony (Crown) stated first and it's quite small. Is that the publisher of your copy? Yes. Harmony Books, NY. Size about 7 3/4 x 5 1/4. Black boards with green title on spine and green whatever-that-is on the front. Francis A. Miniter |
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The whole series was pubbed in that smaller size. Dunno why.
---Mike "Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... braves-lady wrote: "Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... At a library book sale recently, I acquired an 8th printing of Douglas Adams' "Life, the Universe and Everything" to replace the BCE edition that I had. I was surprised to find that the BCE edition was bigger in size than the regular edition, quite the opposite of what one expects. True the regular edition had a better binding, stated the price and the edition. But why the size reversal, if anyone knows? Francis A. Miniter This post caused me to go look at my copy. It's a Harmony (Crown) stated first and it's quite small. Is that the publisher of your copy? Yes. Harmony Books, NY. Size about 7 3/4 x 5 1/4. Black boards with green title on spine and green whatever-that-is on the front. Francis A. Miniter |
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