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I am confused about the types of books. What is the difference between paperback, trade paper, and mass market?

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I am confused about the types of books. What is the difference between paperback, trade paper, and mass market?

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Paperback is just a paperback, as opposed to hardcover/library editions, which have hard covers, and are printed on better paper stocks but are considerably more expensive. A mass market is a smaller paperback, the size you often find at the grocery store. A trade paperback is usually taller, wider, and printed on better paper than a mass market. I’m looking for a particular book. Can you help me find it? We’d love to assist our users on an individual basis, but we do not have the capacity. Please use our search engine to look for your books. That’s what we do. So if our search engine can’t find them, we can’t either! Your comparison table says the book I want is available for $90. When I went to the bookstore to buy it, the store said it’s more than $130. How can you show one price but charge another? Why the difference? This is a common misunderstanding. Most likely the store you’re referring to is Chapters.ca, or Indigo. Both are based in Canada. We quote the $90 in U.S. dollars. Th

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