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| − | Although I have yet to see the American Penguin paperback of ''Against the Day''-- one is on the way to me--I have learned that it consists of
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| − | 1104 pages, about 19 numbered pages more than the hardcover. First, depending on how the numbering is done--more non-text pages might have been counted--the actual difference between the two editions could be even less.<br>
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| − | Pagination is determined by type size, font and page set-up as well as the height and width size of the book. Given those choices, the pagination of the book becomes mathematical.<br>
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| − | The paperback size of ''Against the Day'' SEEMS to be a very close match
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| − | to the hardcover--8.5 x 5.5 vs 9.4 x 6.2--with the hanging hardcover trim
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| − | removed. (Had ''Against the Day'' been smaller in height, this might not have been the case)<br>
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| − | Anyway, the worst case for matching the American paperback pagination with the hardcover seems to be around one extra page correlation needed
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| − | around every 55. Therefore, around 2 per hundred pages.<br>
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| − | A-And, so, so many pages have entries--do all of them?---that readers and posters using the American paperback should be able to easily locate the page on which they want to post by a moment's check for other words and phrases already posted.<br>
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| − | A-A-And, There are still a lot of Penguin hardcovers available and Penguin is offering them new at just $3.25 over the paperback price as I write. (And,
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| − | although I do not believe in buying 'used' books for authors I would like to get whatever not-usually-enough royalties they deserve, there are many 'used' hardcover AtDs available very cheap.<br>
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| − | [Buy new, for Jackson, is my motto] [[User:MKOHUT|MKOHUT]] 16:46, 7 October 2007 (PDT)
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