> I never understood the newspaper format. Seems like a paperback would be a better format though I guess that would be a magazine. Define "better." Newspapers

> I never understood the newspaper format. Seems like a paperback would be a better format though I guess that would be a magazine. Define "better." Newspapers don't need staples, and (at least historically) they could be very large and thick. The non-bound aspect allowed them to be easily split and shared between multiple people.