M. Twain, re watermelon

The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned
with commoner things. It is chief of this world's luxuries,
king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth.
When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a
Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.

from Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, beginning of chapter 14

Inventor of instant ramen dies at age 96

R.I.P. Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen noodles (and founder of Nissin Food Products). He was 96 years old.

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New book size for novels?

I've been seeing a few books at Borders with an odd size, about 4.5" wide (like a mass-market paperback) but maybe 9" tall (like a trade paperback). It seems to me an odd size for printing, reading, and storing.

Thoughts?