I admit it.  I am a trade paperback snob.  I realized that the other day when I had the option of buying  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in either mass market paperback (MMP) or trade paperback (TPB).  Even though the mass market was definitely cheaper, $7.99 vs. $16. 37,  I chose the trade paperback. Why?  I would like to think that its solely because I prefer the larger size (TPBs are usually about the same size as hardbacks, sightly shorter because the binding is done differently),  the larger fonts (better on my aging eyes) and  the thicker paper (often manufactured from the actual sheets printed for the hardcover edition).   But to spend $8 more for the same book?  There has got to be something deeper going on here?  I know that today’s MMPs are not the dime store novels of yore.  In fact, all of  the current top sellers can also be found in either format.  So what’s the deal?  Is anyone else as stuck up as I am?

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