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in the first quarter of the 20th century. Magazines in bedsheet format were roughly the size of ''

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'' but with square spines. While the bedsheet size varied slightly from magazine to magazine, a standard bedsheet size is usually 9¾" x 12". Dick Eney's ''Fancyclopedia II'' gives the following entry: :Bedsheet: A prozine size; 9x12. At various times ''Amazing'', ''Wonder'', ''

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'', ''ASF'' and ''Unknown Worlds'' attempted this size. The two latter, at least, were cut down by wartime paper shortage, and possibly by the keening of collectors who found these dimensions accident-prone.Eney, Dick. ''Fancyclopedia II'', 1959.
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'', was published in a bedsheet format. Later, most magazines changed to the

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'' but again with a square spine. Now, many magazines are published in digest format, roughly the size of ''

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'', although a few are in the standard roughly 8.5" x 11" size, and often have stapled spines, rather than glued square spines. Knowledge of these formats is an asset when locating magazines in libraries and collections where magazines are usually shelved according to size. Sometimes the description "bedsheet" has been applied to magazines of the bedsheet size but with stapled rather than square spines.

Magazines that published issues in the bedsheet size

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