What is the difference between a graphic novel, trade paperback (TPB) and graphic novella?
The terms graphic novel and trade paperback (also known by its acronym, TPB) refer to the same item. Although the terms are interchangeable where possible Star Wars Books will use the term graphic novel rather than trade paperback. To increase readership of comic book stories, comic publishers will often collate several issues of a comic book series (usually around six issues depending on the number of pages each comic book contains) that form a cohesive story arc or two or more self-contained stories from the comic series’ overall storyline into a graphic novel. Thus, as the average comic book series can consist of 50 or more comic books, then around 8 graphic novels are published for that series (normally known as Volumes, i.e. Volume 1, Volume 2, etc). This allows comic story readers the option of either purchasing individual comic books or waiting until the graphic novel is released. However, not all comic book issues are reprinted in a graphic novel, hence Dark Horse Comics’ ongoi
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