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Have we reached the final days of the mass-market paperback?
It is the end of an era for the paperback books that reached generations of readers with their affordable prices, convenient ...
If you're trying to decide between buying a hardcover or a paperback book, there are a few different things to consider before you do. There is no definitive right answer as to which type of book is ...
There’s something about a paperback book, that fading feel of a flexible, tangible book, of buying one used and finding weird notes scribbled in the margins, the musty smell after it sat in a garage, ...
The diminutive cheap books are phasing out of existence ...
Time again for a round of Paperback Picks! This month: some impressive follow-up novels from bestselling authors, an Oscar-winning actor’s poignant memoir, a truly hilarious political satire, and more ...
We were walking our dogs when Karen told me the mass-market paperback--the familiar 5-by-7-inch book you could slip into the back pocket of a pair of jeans -- was dead. It took a moment to understand ...
Reading might be fundamental, but that doesn’t mean we read as often as we should. Everyone has at least one stack of books they stare at sheepishly, knowing they haven’t been read or cracked one open ...
Full disclosure: I get most of my reading done on my Kindle. But when I simply must get my hands on a physical copy of a new book release or time-tested favorite, I prefer paperback. Sure, hardcover ...
You will soon be able to print your own copy of rare and hard-to-find books thanks to a deal between Google and On Demand Books, the maker of the Espresso Book Machine. Dubbed the “ATM for books,” the ...
The cover illustrations of the drugstore paperback pulp novel have become a lost art. But for the first several decades of the 20th century, many commercial artists created striking images using ...
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