On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > As I mentioned, it is not unprecedented; I have a book about book design > which talks at some length about choosing the page proportions, and it > mentions square pages as one of the recognized choices. I think it says that > it isn't very common, but I don't remember what else it says, for example any > particular reason why one might choose this format (or reasons to avoid it).
Here's another example: https://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Illustrated-Double-Helix/dp/1476715491 where there's essentially a normal width book inside but the wider pages allow for extensive sidebar-style annotations and also provide more options for graphic layout of illustrations, etc.
