Article: Tiny books

[German Translator]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/business/mini-books-pocket-john-green.html

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So when Julie Strauss-Gabel, the president and publisher of Dutton Books for Young Readers, discovered “dwarsliggers” — tiny, pocket-size, horizontal flipbacks that have become a wildly popular print format in the Netherlands — it felt like a revelation.

“I saw it and I was like, boom,” she said. “I started a mission to figure out how we could do that here.”

This month, Dutton, which is part of Penguin Random House, began releasing its first batch of mini books, with four reissued novels by the best-selling young-adult novelist John Green. The tiny editions are the size of a cellphone and no thicker than your thumb, with paper as thin as onion skin. They can be read with one hand — the text flows horizontally, and you can flip the pages upward, like swiping a smartphone.
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[Vijaya]

Cool. I have a few tiny books and even a tiny Bible. Perfect for the tiny house Now all I'd need is a pocket mouse.

[guest215]

I've never seen this, but love it. I want one, even thought I don't ever buy paper books anymore.

I want to use it in public to confuse people.

[Robin]

Adorable and useful. I want one too!

[Tonyonline]

Why?
Nope! I don't see the need for it. I really don't see anything cool, adorable or useful about it. And I certainly don't love it...Just saying  

Mind you! I reckon someone could make a killing producing tiny shelves

[Maggie Ann]

I had a tiny bible when I was a kid. Quite easy to read, actually, but then I had good vision back then. It was probably a third of the size of a cell phone.

[Vijaya]

Maggie, I keep my tiny Bible in the car. When my daughter played with her doll-house she used all my tiny books for her dolls. Such fun!

Ah Tony, you just don't realize what joy teeny things bring to my little heart 

[elleoco]

It will be interesting to see where the market for these is in, say, 3 years. My guess is they'll be like chia pets and pet rocks. An initial wave of enthusiasm, then a fade. After all, if they're the size of a cell phone, why not read on a cell phone? More customizable, no risk of scrunching pages.

[Maggie Ann]

In Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby carries the Bard's sonnets in a pocket sized edition. I was thinking when I watched it again recently there would be no need for that if he had a smart phone.