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Is our Instagram era literally shrinking books? A local bookseller weighs in
A Book Soup staffer examines a major shift on the bestseller shelves: why some publishers are ditching 6x9 hardcovers for smaller, compact trim sizes.
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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Is our Instagram era literally shrinking books? A local bookseller weighs in, A Book Soup staffer examines a major shift on the bestseller shelves: why some publishers are ditching 6x9 hardcovers for smaller, compact trim sizes.
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- Is our Instagram era literally shrinking books? A local bookseller weighs inLos Angeles Times - 2026-05-27T10:00:00+00:00
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