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	Published by [[Gollancz]], they featured a block colour with Terry’s name and the title of the book above and below full-width versions of [[Josh Kirby]]’s cover illustrations. This resembled the “letterbox” effect used to show widescreen films on 4:3 ratio television screens, hence the name.		Published by [[Gollancz]], they featured a block colour with Terry’s name and the title of the book above and below full-width versions of [[Josh Kirby]]’s cover illustrations. This resembled the “letterbox” effect used to show widescreen films on 4:3 ratio television screens, hence the name.

	The style was discontinued for new novels when Terry changed to [[Doubleday]] as his primary hardcover publisher in 1998, but older books still published by Gollancz continued to be reissued in the format for a few years afterwards. Some omnibus editions were published in a similar format ~~too~~.		The style was discontinued for new novels when Terry changed to [[Doubleday]] as his primary hardcover publisher in 1998, but older books still published by Gollancz continued to be reissued in the format for a few years afterwards. Some omnibus editions were published in a similar format, and [[BCA]] seems to have issued some of the novels in a similar but smaller format as well.

	==Cover Gallery==		==Cover Gallery==

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	The '''~~"Letterbox”~~''' format was a style used for hardcover editions of the Discworld novels in the late 1990s, both for new novels and re-issues of older ones.		The '''“Letterbox”''' format was a style used for hardcover editions of the Discworld novels in the late 1990s, both for new novels and re-issues of older ones.

	Published by [[Gollancz]], they featured a block colour with Terry’s name and the title of the book above and below full-width versions of [[Josh Kirby]]’s cover illustrations. This resembled the “letterbox” effect used to show widescreen films on 4:3 ratio television screens, hence the name.		Published by [[Gollancz]], they featured a block colour with Terry’s name and the title of the book above and below full-width versions of [[Josh Kirby]]’s cover illustrations. This resembled the “letterbox” effect used to show widescreen films on 4:3 ratio television screens, hence the name.

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The '''"Letterbox”''' format was a style used for hardcover editions of the Discworld novels in the late 1990s, both for new novels and re-issues of older ones.

Published by [[Gollancz]], they featured a block colour with Terry’s name and the title of the book above and below full-width versions of [[Josh Kirby]]’s cover illustrations. This resembled the “letterbox” effect used to show widescreen films on 4:3 ratio television screens, hence the name.

The style was discontinued for new novels when Terry changed to [[Doubleday]] as his primary hardcover publisher in 1998, but older books still published by Gollancz continued to be reissued in the format for a few years afterwards. Some omnibus editions were published in a similar format too.

==Cover Gallery==
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