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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Happy Birthday to the Paperback!
Read Street: Happy birthday to the paperback! - Book clubs, reviews and recommendations - baltimoresun.com: "This week 75 years ago, Penguin brought out the first modern paperback. The idea came from British publishing exec Allen Lane, who was seeking a respite from a Depression-era revenue slump. The cheap, convenient, color-coded format caught on with readers and within months Penguin books were selling in the millions. Today, half of the books bought each year are softcover, the Census Bureau says."
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Is this article pretending that Albatross paperbacks simply never happened?
Signed,
Paperback Pedant
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