When Tor began printing the Pathfinder Tales novels, the size of the books changed (trade paperbacks vs. mass-market paperbacks). So, no, there's no way to get the new books the same size as the old ones and have a uniform shelf.
I am trying to fill in my collection of Pathfinder Tales novels. I want the ones the same size as my previous books. Is that possible?
Hey there, long time no hear :)
If you're looking for the first/last book of a particular size, they changed with Lord of Runes (May 2015 I think).
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For the record I'm very much against the new size and not just because of the increased cost. The larger size on reasonably standard size bookshelves has the potential to more then double the number of bookshelves I need. Granted most of my large collection is nicely in the much smaller mass market size, but potentially going to 6-7 bookshelves in the future is a pretty large difference.
In theory this shouldn't be an issue. the larger format should fit more on the page and make the average book thinner than a Mass market book of the same word count, so the space you loose in height, you make up for in width.
I just checked... The only TOR book thicker dimension wise than the mass market books is Bloodbound, the rest appear to be thinner. (comparing against Firesoul which is a middle of the pack as far as page count goes) Ever 5 TOR books fits about 3 and a half of the mass market books
I, from complete ignorance, believe that the cost increase is due to: glossy coat, extra cut for TOR, additional publicity/distribution, and perhaps to create the audiobooks. Also the text is bigger and/or more widely spaced in the new format.
Overall, I mildly prefer the old format, and the cost didn't rise significantly for subscribers.
If one wanted both digital and physical copies, the cost went up to about 240% of the previous value. I dropped the subscription and stuck to digital format.