If you're trying to decide between buying a hardcover or a paperback book, there are a few different things to consider ...

We were walking our dogs when Karen told me the mass-market paperback--the familiar 5-by-7-inch book you could slip into the back pocket of a pair of jeans -- was dead.

While any bookseller will tell you the rule of thumb is that about a year passes between a book’s hardcover premiere and its paperback release, the truth is that some books take a lot longer to make ...