Yaaay! That's awesome! We put you in Horror too, but I've made my own Urban Fantasy corner for certain books :D I will try and remember to take a picture of your books on Sunday! ♥
Yes, it's coming out in the same size format in July 2010. The first was pubbed in HC and large format last Sept [the different sizes are a nuisance if you like to keep your bookshelves neat *holds hand up* *g*], but it's the way a lot of publishers decide to publish books for various reasons :-)
Ok... *resigns self to patience* (is easy to do; I've done it for years with Pratchett's books! Plus adds to the excitement when the book is finally in the right format!)
Don't get me started on the book sizes; I have no problems (well, other than impatience!) with the Hardback - Trade Paperback - Mass Market Paperback lifecycle (which may be shortened for some books).
What *REALLY* gets my goat is when they've published in small MMP size, and then all of a sudden move to the larger-but-smaller-than-trade paperback size. Yes, Stephen King's publishers, I'M LOOKING AT YOU!!! Ahem.
I've no idea why this larger size is becoming more and more the default size for MMP these days, but it's bloomin' annoying. I cracked and bought Terry Brooks' latest trilogy in this "new" format, and although the three books match themselves, they don't match any of the other Shannara books of his that I have. Grr.
Yep, know what you mean, I've got both Charlaine Harris's and Jim Butcher's books in the two different formats [I couldn't wait for the MMPB when they went to HC - although I actually find pbs easier to read *g*] which is a pain when you want to keep them all together on the shelf, but . . . kudos for the authors :-)
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signed Mardel (your first American Fan-Elder) :)
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If you're not familiar with the reasons [something I hadn't a clue about before I got pubbed] My fellow Gollancz author [and mega-brilliant writer]Joe Abercrombie talks about it here
http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2008/02/big-fish-little-fish.html :-)
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Don't get me started on the book sizes; I have no problems (well, other than impatience!) with the Hardback - Trade Paperback - Mass Market Paperback lifecycle (which may be shortened for some books).
What *REALLY* gets my goat is when they've published in small MMP size, and then all of a sudden move to the larger-but-smaller-than-trade paperback size. Yes, Stephen King's publishers, I'M LOOKING AT YOU!!! Ahem.
I've no idea why this larger size is becoming more and more the default size for MMP these days, but it's bloomin' annoying. I cracked and bought Terry Brooks' latest trilogy in this "new" format, and although the three books match themselves, they don't match any of the other Shannara books of his that I have. Grr.
Whoops, didn't mean to rant on so!
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