Digest size

Digest size is a standard magazine size, smaller than a conventional bedsheet size magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.

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Magazine - Bedsheet size - Paperback - Inch

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The most famous digest sized magazine is, perhaps unsurprisingly, Reader's Digest, for which the size appears to have been named. The US TV Guide also uses the format.

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Reader's Digest - US - TV Guide

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Since the 1950s it has also been used by several science fiction magazines including:

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1950s - Science fiction

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• New Worlds
• Science Fantasy
• The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Galaxy Science Fiction
• Astounding (later Analog)
• Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

The manga graphic novel format is similar to digest size, although slightly narrower and generally thicker.

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Manga - Graphic novel

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The A5 paper size used by many UK fanzines is slightly wider and taller than digest size.

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Paper size - UK - Fanzine

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