Are your hands very small?
The print and page quality of SS:BBT3 is great, however, I find the size (height, width) of the book to be a bit unwieldy when reading in bed, or on the couch. Would a smaller book page size, (say 9.5x7) with more pages be possible? Or is there some publisher restriction.
Are your hands very small?
Friggin' buy the Kindle edition. You can read it on your tiny cell phone like I do.
straps?
The book is well suited to its current size. There's a reason textbooks are typically on the large side of things.