What is the difference between Trade Fiction and Mass Market Fiction on the New York Times Best Seller List?

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Size and type of paper Trade paperback are the larger size paperbacks with a good quality of paper. These are generally novels that the publisher wants to produce but does not want to spend a lot of money on or is hedging that the book will be a better seller in the cheaper format. These are also the books that tend to appeal to book clubs because of price and size.

Mass Market paperbacks are the smaller paperbacks that are printed on cheaper paper and sell usually for about $7.99. These usually come out about a year or two after the original hardback or trade paperback has been out. They are intended to reach an fast read audience that doesn't want to spend a lot of money on books.

The problem I have with mass market books is that instead of sending them back to the publisher whole when their time comes for returns, they are stripped of their front covers and the rest is to be thrown away. Only the covers are sent back. I see this as a huge waste..

Literary versus Popular fiction Mass Market paperbacks tend to be reprints of hardcover bestsellers plus genres like mystery, thriller and romance, trade paper tends to be more literary or serious fiction. "Mass market" were the original paperback books sold in racks at places like drugstores and grocery stores. "Trade paper" is closer to the size of a hardcover book, costs more and is usually found in bookstores, although this distinction is not as clear now that there are more places that sell both like Walmart.

------- The New York Times Book Review Up Front By THE EDITORS September 23, 2007 ...This issue also introduces a new best-seller list, devoted to trade paperback fiction. It gives more emphasis to the literary novels and short-story collections reviewed so often in our pages (and sometimes published only in softcover). Mass-market paperback titles are now covered in a separate list.In addition, we present expanded coverage of paperback non fiction and of advice, how-to and miscellaneous books, as the increased number of titles this week makes clear.

------ Crain’s New York Business September 17. 2007 ’New York Times’ revamps best seller lists xxxxx ...The addition of a new fiction list reflects the growing importance of trade paperbacks among literary publishers, which are increasingly using the format for young and emerging writers. Some of those books were often kept off the bestseller list by mass market titles which are sold in huge quantities at big box retailers. “Now you have a list that corresponds closely to what we review in the section and what we gauge our readers are interested in,” says Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the Book Review.

Xxxxx Business considerations at theTimes are also playing a role in the changes. The paper has seen a steady erosion of advertising revenue in the last few years. Book publishing insiders say that adding a third page of lists is clearly aimed at boosting advertising.

Xxxxx “It’s completely ad driven,” says a top executive at one of the major houses. “People want to buy a position next to the lists. ” xxxxx Publishers are also more likely to buy ads -- whether in the weekday books pages of the Times or in the Book Review -- when their titles are New York Times best sellers.

----- New York Times Book Review Splits Paperback Fiction Lists - To Make Money, or Promote Quality? Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Splitting the list allows more works of literary fiction to claim “bestseller” status without having to compete against the marketing and placement juggernauts, and the, well, “mass-market” appeal of pulp fiction. But LA Times writer Josh Getlin questions the motives.

“But did the New York Times create the new list to boost a genre—or its already healthy ad sales?” he asks. The NY Times isn’t naive, and the move will probably indeed boost ad revenue. ----- Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback supergrover's Recommendations The #1 New York Times Bestseller: Intriguing Facts About the 484 Books That Have Been #1 New York Times Bestsellers Since the First List in 1942.

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Its the Size that counts! The Mass Market format is what we used to think of when someone mentioned a paperback book - the kind that supposedly fit into one's pocket. The Trade format is the newer and popular format that is larger.

This is becoming so popular, I think, due to the fact that there is space between the sentences and it is much easier on the eyes. The books in trade format are also easier to read because the printing doesn't need to go all the way top the center binding. I hate bending a book our of shape just to read the last word in the line.

Personally, if I can get the trade or mass market format, I always go for the trade format. To me it is worth the extra money. Hope this helps Sources: Former Bookstore employee .

1 "Trade" paperbacks are those that are the size of full-sized books, but have paper covers. "Mass Market" paperbacks are your traditional paperback books. This user has been banned from Askville.

1 "Trade" paperbacks are those that are the size of full-sized books, but have paper covers. "Mass Market" paperbacks are your traditional paperback books.

Trade" paperbacks are those that are the size of full-sized books, but have paper covers. "Mass Market" paperbacks are your traditional paperback books.

2 Marshall: It's true that trade & mass market come in different sizes, but there are more sinificant difs. Trade fiction is a term given to works of esteemed literary writers. Yan Martel, Cormac McCarthy.

Mass market is stuff like Grisham, Picoult: plot driven. However, there are trade editions of Jodi Picoult novels, I've noticed . .. What I'm interested in, and I haven't been able to find out is: what does 'trade' refer to in the moniker?

What is the derivation of the term?

Marshall: It's true that trade & mass market come in different sizes, but there are more sinificant difs. Trade fiction is a term given to works of esteemed literary writers. Yan Martel, Cormac McCarthy.

Mass market is stuff like Grisham, Picoult: plot driven. However, there are trade editions of Jodi Picoult novels, I've noticed . .. What I'm interested in, and I haven't been able to find out is: what does 'trade' refer to in the moniker?

What is the derivation of the term?

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.