The thread title seems to confuse the issue a bit.

Chapbooks are table-top books of relatively low quality that those of us savvy to it can cook up at home for cheap.

Chapter Books are short, usually illustrated, books for small children.

Some people confuse the two. But it's pretty obvious when the price comes into play. Chapbooks tend to run under or close to $7.00 per copy, whereas Chapter Books tend to cost much more. You might say that the Suess collection are Chapter Books.

Of course, the best chapbook I've seen was something called The Caine Agenda or something like that . . . Darn good novella. Very nice presentation, too. Too bad it's out of print . . .