While I may flinch over the purchase price of those hardbacks and the resulting impact on my bank balance, I m glad for the author s success and pleased that romance authors are being recognized for their talents. When an author who began writing series romances such as Barbara Delinsky, Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Sandra Brown did makes the New York Times bestseller list, it validates the judgment of romance readers. Romance authors and readers are finally getting respect. Well, that would seem to be the logical conclusion. If an author writes a short book, then let it be thin.
Every book can t rival War and Peace for sheer length.
Whether I m purchasing a hardback or a paperback, I want to get something for my money, and blank white paper isn t it. I ve been vaguely noticing this trend to more and more white space for a while, but it really got to me when I opened Catherine Coulter s newest book, The Edge . Here are the specifics. The top margins are 1 in. There are 29 lines to a page.