tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919421667371178705.post7714807974302115962..comments2023-06-29T09:16:42.802-04:00Comments on Three Good Rats: The Civil War : a review3goodratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352969901692029558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919421667371178705.post-63964184469948058742011-03-11T14:47:32.489-05:002011-03-11T14:47:32.489-05:00There may be something to that. I just noticed tha...There may be something to that. I just noticed that the new Simon Winchester book - which is about 110 pages and from the same publisher - also has a pretty small font.3goodratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352969901692029558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919421667371178705.post-61800563946338157482011-03-11T14:42:21.137-05:002011-03-11T14:42:21.137-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed the book. I have a theory...I'm glad you enjoyed the book. I have a theory or two about the font size. Oxford UP probably made the font that small to keep the book under a certain number of pages. If it had been longer than 124 marketing as "concise" may have been less credible. Another theory: sometimes publishers decrease the size of a book so they can fit more copies in each box and reduce shipping costs. For example, Scribners cut the nutrition info for each recipe out of the 1997 edition of the Joy of Cooking (I think it was Joy of Cooking)to make the book shorter, and thus able to fit more copies in each box.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378764312440462159noreply@blogger.com