Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:21:57 -0500
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New mass market pb format
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Michael Walsh wrote:
> "Recently, both Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster announced that they
> would be testing a new mass market format in hopes that it will give
> paperbacks a needed sales boost. "
>
> http://news.bookweb.org/3114.html
>
> mjw

Sigh.  The market is "soft", so they come up with another way of
charging more for books.  Maybe they should work on a way of selling
books for less?

Or maybe even work on putting out more books that are worth reading?

Current reading:  "Life is a 75 Cent Paperback", by Johnny Hart.

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Steve Smith                                    sgs at aginc dot net
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