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Paperback day!

And social media ineptitude

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Katherine Howe
Sep 18, 2024
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Yesterday ASTOR came out in paperback! Hurrah!

A paperback release does not, as a rule, generate as much frisson as a hardback release, for obvious reasons. Paperback editions usually come out about a year after the hardback of any given book, and so the first blush of excitement and enthusiasm has typically already exhausted itself. Although it’s worth …

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