Comment by mrweasel
3 days ago
Doesn't that make it exceedingly hard to locate specific books?
One thing I have notices about modern books is that they are a freaking huge. I have a large number of novels from the 1970s. Their are all 250 - 400 pages, about the the same as my wife's moderns books about people getting murdered. The 50 year old books are less than half the size. Why is there a need to make modern books into tomes?
Probably makes it feel more legitimate and "booky". Some young people i know got obsessed with the idea they should read more because it makes people more intelligent. Then they choose the murder of the week to read. If it's the same size as Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov it feels much weightier and important. In addition to flashy colorful covers, I'd imagine it's just an effective marketing choice
Probably right about the "booky"-ness. Sadly I really like the older sizes much better, but very little is published in that "form factor".