NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with publisher Esther Margolis about the end of the era of mass market paperbacks. These inexpensively made books were once staples in most grocery and drug stores.

We must end 2025 with a final farewell in the world of books. Mass market paperbacks were primarily positioned as portable, even disposable, low cost and even lowbrow as they were significantly ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Publishers were disappointed, but not surprised, by Readerlink’s recent decision to stop distributing mass market paperbacks to its accounts ...

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While any bookseller will tell you the rule of thumb is that about a year passes between a book’s hardcover premiere and its paperback release, the truth is that some books take a lot longer to make ...

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Here’s a little perspective: In 1939, gas cost 10 cents a gallon at the pump. A movie ticket set you back 20 cents. John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the year’s bestselling hardcover book, was ...

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Pulp. Beach reads. Trashy stories. Romance novels. These are all examples of paperback books. Maybe it’s not the cream of the crop, the stuff they put on hardcover. But it’s something. It’s in your ...