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All Fiction Books Reviews One Foot in the Black - PRLog.Org (press release)

All Fiction Books Reviews One Foot in the Black
PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - Nov 16, 2008
PRLog (Press Release) ? Nov 17, 2008 ? The All Fiction Books series of reviews and interviews of captivating books and authors has a review of One Foot in ...

The science of being Mr Politically Incorrect - Livemint

The science of being Mr Politically Incorrect
Livemint, India - Nov 20, 2008
I don?t know how many people mourned the passing of Michael Crichton at the beginning of November. For most of this century, Crichton was known for two ...

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by JK Rowling tops Amazon.ca books list - The ...

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by JK Rowling tops Amazon.ca books list
The Canadian Press, TORONTO - Nov 20, 2008
TORONTO ? Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Nov. 18 from Amazon.ca THE CANADIAN PRESS Here are the 10 ...

Rubel: MCAS scores good but could be better - Nashoba Publishing

Rubel: MCAS scores good but could be better
Nashoba Publishing, MA - 14 hours ago
To solve that problem, Rubel suggested that the district purchase more non-fiction books, align non-fiction subjects with what is being taught in the ...

Authors Guild, Dickson ?61, Face Down Google - Wesleyan Argus

Authors Guild, Dickson ?61, Face Down Google
Wesleyan Argus, CT - 2 hours ago
By Sylvie Stein For Paul Dickson ?61, an author of more than 50 non-fiction books, the issue of copyright infringement has hit closer than he ever imagined. ...

Mystery Writers of America Names James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton ... - Market...

Mystery Writers of America Names James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton ...
MarketWatch - Nov 20, 2008
... of membership that include publishers, editors, literary agents, and screen and television writers, as well as authors of fiction and non-fiction books. ...

Library?s fundraising plan equals big savings for community - Meadville Tribune

Library?s fundraising plan equals big savings for community
Meadville Tribune, PA - Nov 15, 2008
At an average retail price of $26.90, it would have cost area residents $667604 to purchase each of the adult non-fiction books the library circulated. ...

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Fred Vidal University eCard
Mania, CA - 57 minutes ago
It is the largest community offering profiles, video, science fiction movies, sci fi TV, art, sci fi comics, photos, cheats, blogs, science fiction books, ...

young poets take the spotlight; a call for poetry; mystery at RiverRun - Wire

young poets take the spotlight; a call for poetry; mystery at RiverRun
Wire, NH - Nov 19, 2008
Kate Flora has written 10 crime fiction books and the Edgar-nominated ?Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine,? which was also a Maine Literary Award ...

The Admirable Crichton: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008) - PopMatters

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The Admirable Crichton: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008)
PopMatters, IL - Nov 5, 2008
He wrote four non-fiction books - Five Patients (about his experiences in Massachusetts General), Jasper Johns (about his personal friend and renowned ...


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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.