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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Book types

Hello
I saw these book groups on newyorktimes.Is there any resource which explains their definitions.I am registered to a bookstore website.I read crime/thriller books.I cannot match this to below groups

Hardcover Fiction
Hardcover Nonfiction
Paperback Trade Fiction
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Paperback Nonfiction
Hardcover Advice
Paperback Advice

Thanks
  

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Your category would be found under 'hardcover fiction' or 'paperback fiction'. ; I'm not sure what trade and mass-market refer to, exactly, but they aren't casual reading.

— Philip

  • Your category would be found under 'hardcover fiction' or 'paperback fiction'.
  • ; I'm not sure what trade and mass-market refer to, exactly, but they aren't casual reading.
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Your category would be found under 'hardcover fiction' or 'paperback fiction'. As to the others: 'advice' would be a nonfiction category that includes "how to" manuals, etc.; I'm not sure what trade and mass-market refer to, exactly, but they aren't casual reading.
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" Hardcover" means that the cover of the book is hard. This is how most books are first published. If they are successful, the "paperback" edition follows. It has a soft cover and is much cheaper. "Mass market" is even more popular than paperback. Generally these are very cheap short romance tales.

Fiction is a made-up story. (like stories of crimes and thrillers)

Non-fiction is
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Here is the New York Times' description of the difference between trade and mass market paperbacks: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/books/review/PaperRow-t.html .
The trade paperback books are larger and generally printed on better paper. They often have the same size and format as t
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