XPost: alt.fan.starwars   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-27 05:55:33 +0000, Daniel said:   
   > Your Name  writes:   
   >   
   >> Star Wars novels come in three basic physical formats: hardback, trade   
   >> paperback, and mass market paperback. Some books are eventually   
   >> released in all three, some are only ever released as hardbacks.   
   >>   
   >> Personally I prefer the mass market paperback because it's cheaper and   
   >> smaller (can fit more on the bokshelf). The problem is that the greedy   
   >> publishers release the expensive bigger versions first, and it can be   
   >> a long wait for the smaller cheaper versions, if they are ever   
   >> released.   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone know if there is a way to find out which books have which   
   >> formats planned?? Some online book stores do list pre-order pages, but   
   >> they aren't always created nor reliable.   
   >>   
   >> I don't want to buy the expensive hardback only to find the paperback   
   >> gets released six months later ... but I also don't want to wait   
   >> months for a paperback that never turns up and then not be able to get   
   >> the then-old hardback.   
   >>   
   >> :-(   
   >   
   > Maybe the publisher?   
      
   Unfortunately the publishers are too greedy - they want you to buy the   
   more expensive versions, which is why they release them in this way. I   
   do know someone who works for one of them, so occasionally get a   
   heads-up when a new one is coming. I can also get a 50% discount   
   through them for that publisher's books and a 25% discount on most   
   other main publisher's books - it's a reciprocal deal between book   
   publisher staff.   
      
      
      
   > Unrelated, I was a loyal customer of the sfbc, science fiction book   
   > club, until they shutdown operations last year. Theri books were the all   
   > hardcover and the same size. i have heaps of their books from thirty   
   > plus years.   
   >   
   > D   
      
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