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CARSON BOOKBRITE ULTRA-BRIGHT LED BOOKLIGHT

CARSON BOOKBRITE ULTRA-BRIGHT LED BOOKLIGHT

$10.00 23m
NEW LED FOLDABLE BOOK READING LIGHT WITH BATTERIES NEW!

NEW LED FOLDABLE BOOK READING LIGHT WITH BATTERIES NEW!

- $0.99 1h 34m
NEW LED Light Panel Book Reading Lamp Paperback Night

NEW LED Light Panel Book Reading Lamp Paperback Night

3 $1.04 1h 35m
Bright LED Clip Reading Book Light Torch Robotic Lamp

Bright LED Clip Reading Book Light Torch Robotic Lamp

3 $1.31 1h 37m
NEW LED Light Panel Book Reading Lamp Paperback Night

NEW LED Light Panel Book Reading Lamp Paperback Night

3 $1.81 1h 41m
Bright Robotic LED Night Reading Book Light Clip Lamp

Bright Robotic LED Night Reading Book Light Clip Lamp

- $0.01 2h 15m
SUPER BRIGHT LED CLIP LIGHT - SLEEK,  COMPACT DESIGN

SUPER BRIGHT LED CLIP LIGHT - SLEEK, COMPACT DESIGN

- $0.99 2h 22m
Super Bright 6  LED Clip on Book Reading light lamp#2

Super Bright 6 LED Clip on Book Reading light lamp#2

- $0.99 2h 32m
LED reading task night camping book music DJ light lamp

LED reading task night camping book music DJ light lamp

- $5.99 2h 43m
LED reading task night camping book music DJ light lamp

LED reading task night camping book music DJ light lamp

- $1.99 2h 43m
BOOK LIGHT * SILVER   BATTERY OP * CLIP & ARCH FEATURE

BOOK LIGHT * SILVER BATTERY OP * CLIP & ARCH FEATURE

- $0.99 3h 6m
Robotic LED Clip On Light for Reading Book - Fast Ship

Robotic LED Clip On Light for Reading Book - Fast Ship

- $1.99 3h 22m
3 Bright LED Clip Reading Book Light Torch Robotic Lamp

3 Bright LED Clip Reading Book Light Torch Robotic Lamp

- $0.01 6h 24m
Mighty Bright-Portable PEDAL BOARD LIGHT DJ-52010 Black

Mighty Bright-Portable PEDAL BOARD LIGHT DJ-52010 Black

1 $17.95 8h 34m

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  • Paperback History
    Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century and exist in a number of formats that have specific names, such as pamphlets, cheap editions, yellowbacks, dime novels and railway novels. Today most paperbacks are called either "mass-market paperback" or "trade paperback", the differences of which are described later.

     

    The 20th century mass-market paperback format was pioneered by German publisher Albatross Books in 1931 but the experiment was cut short. In England Penguin Books adopted many of Albatrosss innovations, for instance the conspicuous logo and the color coded covers for different genres, beginning in 1935,and was an immediate financial success. British publisher Allen Lane launched the Penguin imprint in 1935, with 10 reprint titles; this started the paperback revolution in the English-language book market. Number one on the Penguin list of 1935 editions was André Mauroiss Ariel.

     

    Allen Lane intended to produce cheap books. He bought paperback rights from publishers, ordered huge print runs (e.g., 20,000 copies) to keep unit prices low, and looked to non-traditional book selling retail locations. Booksellers were initially reluctant to buy his books. But Woolworths, placed a large order on the books, and the books sold extremely well. After this initial success, booksellers were no longer reluctant to stock paperbacks. The word Penguin became closely associated with the word paperback.

     

    Robert de Graaf, in 1939, issued a similar line in the USA, partnering with Simon & Schuster to found the Pocket Books imprint. The term pocket book became synonymous with paperback in English-speaking North America. In Québec, the term "ivre de poche was used, and continues to be used today. De Graaf, like Lane, negotiated paperback rights from other publishers, and produced large print runs. His practices contrasted with those of Lane in his adoption of illustrated covers, aimed at the North American market. In order to reach an even larger market than Lane had, he went the mass market route, through distribution networks of newspapers and magazines, which had a lengthy history of being aimed (in format and distribution) at mass audiences. This was the beginning of mass market paperbacks.

     

    Because of its position as Number One in what became a very long list of Pocket editions, James Hiltons Lost Horizon is often cited as the first American paperback book, which is not correct. The first mass-market, pocket-sized, paperback book printed in America was an edition of Pearl Bucks The Good Earth, produced by Pocket Books as a proof-of-concept in late 1938, sold in New York City, and now very collectible.