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CHILDREN BOOKS LOT(80 +)FIRST STEPS LEVELS 1-5 & MORE..

CHILDREN BOOKS LOT(80 +)FIRST STEPS LEVELS 1-5 & MORE..

21 $70.00 15m
COMPLETE SET VINTAGE HARDY BOYS 1-57 (1959-1978) VGC

COMPLETE SET VINTAGE HARDY BOYS 1-57 (1959-1978) VGC

27 $181.00 20m
HUGE 72 Picture Book Lot~Caldecott~Shannon~Keats~Munsch

HUGE 72 Picture Book Lot~Caldecott~Shannon~Keats~Munsch

11 $46.00 2h 9m
100 New Asst. Scholastic Childrens' Books 16 + titles

100 New Asst. Scholastic Childrens' Books 16 + titles

$39.00 2h 22m
100 + ASSORTED CHAPTER BOOKS L@@K! ! ! !

100 + ASSORTED CHAPTER BOOKS L@@K! ! ! !

9 $42.00 2h 34m
Big Lot of 73 Fiction Suspense Thriller Paperback Books

Big Lot of 73 Fiction Suspense Thriller Paperback Books

16 $26.57 4h 16m
~  Nice Lot of 77 Assorted Romance Paperback Books ~

~ Nice Lot of 77 Assorted Romance Paperback Books ~

5 $9.06 4h 19m
 LOT OF 20 CHICK LIT ROMANCE  BOOKS VARIOUS AUTHORS

LOT OF 20 CHICK LIT ROMANCE BOOKS VARIOUS AUTHORS

1 $9.99 4h 22m
52 VINTAGE SCIENCE-MYSTERY OTHERS-PAPERBACKS- OLD ONES+

52 VINTAGE SCIENCE-MYSTERY OTHERS-PAPERBACKS- OLD ONES+

- $5.19 4h 26m
WOW ~  Nice Lot of 74 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Paperback Books

WOW ~ Nice Lot of 74 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Paperback Books

7 $30.00 4h 30m
Huge Lot of 93 Science Fiction   Fantasy   Sci-Fi Books

Huge Lot of 93 Science Fiction Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

8 $41.01 4h 32m
Barbara Cartland Historic  Regency Romance Lot 60 PB

Barbara Cartland Historic Regency Romance Lot 60 PB

$77.50 4h 33m
Country Beautiful Collection: Kennedy & Churchill

Country Beautiful Collection: Kennedy & Churchill

- $0.99 5h 3m
Mad Magazine Lot 100 Vintage Books! Instant Collection!

Mad Magazine Lot 100 Vintage Books! Instant Collection!

- $149.99 5h 9m

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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.