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    A paperback ( softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardback (hardcover) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century ...

  2. In some cases, advanced copies of the hardcover edition were printed in paperback form. In a few cases, new editions of older works ( Up from Slavery , published originally in 1901 (Autumn 1960), A Roving Commission: My Early Life , published originally in 1930 (Autumn 1951) or Goodbye Mr. Chips , published originally in 1934 (Summer 1961 ...

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  4. He knew that printing costs were high because volumes were low—an average hardcover print run of 10,000 might cost 40 cents per copy. With only 500 bookstores in the U.S., most located in major ...

  5. Apr 30, 2024 · The mass-market paperback books in the United States are divided into three format sizes—A format, B format (5 1/8” by 7 3/4” known as digests), and C format. Odd sizes include 64-page short novels priced initially at 10¢. Albatross Books, a German publisher of mass-market paperback books, revised the format for mass-market paperbacks in ...

  6. May 15, 2020 · That’s why Harlequin and Kensington’s announcements about the “mass max” paperback are such big news. The mass max books will measure an expanded 4.75 x 7 inches. That may not seem like a big increase, but think about the size of your palm in comparison to ¾ of an inch.

  7. Nov 22, 2016 · Vol. 6 introduces Frieda and her cat Faron; Sally starts kindergarten and joins Linus’s Great Pumpkin vigil; and much more. Though the long-running hardcover Complete Peanuts series concludes this season, the paperbacks launch into the 1960s!

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  8. The tumultuous 1960s was a watershed decade for American science fiction. While acknowledged masters from the genre’s golden age reached the height of their powers, a new wave of brilliant young voices emerged, upending the genre’s pulp conventions with newfound literary sophistication. Amid calls f

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