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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
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 betwen the two editions could be even less.<br>
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>
The paperback size of ''Against the Day'' SEEMS to be a very close match
to the hardcover--8.5 x 5.5 vs 9.4 x 6.2--with the hanging hardcover trim
removed. (Had ''Against the Day'' been smaller in height, this might not have been the case)<br>
Anyway, the worst case for matching the American paperback pagination with the hardcover seems to be around one extra page correlation needed
around every 55. Therefore around 2 per hundred pages.<br>
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>
A-A-And, There are still a lot of Penguin hardcovers available and Penguin is offering them new at $3.25 over the paperback as I write. (And,
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>
[Buy new, for Jackson, is my motto] [[User:MKOHUT|MKOHUT]] 16:46, 7 October 2007 (PDT)

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