<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/18/2002 4:19:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, H.W.Fluks@kpn.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">People have been talking about the format of Gemstone's new Disney comics,<BR>
and they use the term 'Trade paperback" (TPB). I have been wondering for a<BR>
while now: what *is* a TPB? </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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a TPB is a publishing term, generally meaning any paperback BOOK larger than mass-market paperback pocketbook size ---<BR>
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steven rowe<BR>
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