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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by ofalkaed on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:26AM (#36122425)
Taschen primarily makes quality artbooks in the trade paperback size instead of coffee table book size like most art books. So they are pocketsized artbooks, at least compared to most artbooks, few of their books actually would fit in any reasonable sized pocket due to their tendency to be in the thousand page range.
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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by Semaphor on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:42AM (#36122528)
Ah, that actually makes for a cool name, then.
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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by the-printer on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:26AM (#36123555)
A pocket sized art book, that’s thousand of pages, that’s the size of the average paperback book. Hmm…

I am suspicious as to whether you have ever seen a taschen brand book before. They are not trade paperback size, they are coffee table books. According to Amazon they tend to be in the 500-600 range.

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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by keiferski on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:34AM (#36123612)
Taschen makes a variety of different books. They do indeed have a "pocket size" line about different artists, but I think it might be discontinued now. I have one here about Mozart.
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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by billfor on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:43AM (#36124152)
They make tons of coffee table books. Most of their books are larger than pocket size. Most are at least 8x11 and lots are size xl or the “Summo” size which is quite large.
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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by scns on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:55PM (#36128991)
Sumo comes with a stand made out of metal.
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Re:New Taschen book on the history of the computer by johannes1234321 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:57PM (#36129024)
As you are not using units for 8x11 I guess that's inches, which is a funny unit, considering this thread started about German meaning of "Taschenbuch"

8cm x 11cm = 3.14in x 4.33in

8in x 11in = 20cm x 28cm

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