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Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately , but can also be and .〔(Drake, David; Flint, Eric; Baen, Jim. ''The World Turned Upside Down''. Baen Books, 2006. )〕 These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end. Some printing presses refer to digest-size as a "catalog size," such as that used by Avon Products when selling house to house. The digest format was considered to be a convenient size for readers to tote around or to leave on the coffee table within easy reach. The most famous digest-sized magazine is ''Reader's Digest'', from which the size appears to have been named. ''TV Guide'' also used the format from its inception in 1953 until 2005. ''CoffeeHouse Digest'' is a national magazine distributed free-of-charge at coffeehouses throughout the United States. ''Bird Watcher's Digest'' is an international magazine which has retained the digest size since its creation in 1978. Digest size is less popular now than it once was. Besides ''TV Guide'' dropping it in favor of a larger format, the ''Analog'' and ''Asimov's'' science fiction magazines had switched to a format slightly larger than digest size several years earlier. The main publications remaining in digest size now are ''Reader's Digest'', ''Prevention'', ''Guideposts Magazine'' and some ''Archie'' comics digests. ''Children's Digest'' was originally in digest size but switched long ago to a larger format as well (though keeping the word "Digest" in its name). ''Writer's Digest'' is another publication with the word in its name that is not actually produced at that size. == Science fiction digests == Since the 1950s it has also been used by several science fiction magazines〔Ashley , Michael. "The history of the science-fiction magazine: the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1950 to 1970," ''Transformations'', Volume 2 (2005), pg. 3 ISBN 978-0-85323-779-2〕 including: *''Analog'' (originally ''Astounding'', full magazine size from March 1963 to March 1965) *''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine''. *''Galaxy Science Fiction'' *''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' *''New Worlds'' *''Other Worlds *''Science Fantasy'' *''Worlds of If'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「digest size」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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