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The Mass Market Paperback Is Vanishing

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In 2007, Americans bought 103 million mass market paperbacks — the pocket-sized books crammed into spinner racks at airports, drugstores, and grocery checkouts. Last year the total was 18 million. Now ReaderLink, the largest distributor supplying books to non-bookstore retailers, has told publishers it's dropping the format, Elizabeth A. — Read the rest The post The mass market paperback is vanishing appeared first on Boing Boing.
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The mass market paperback is vanishing

In 2007, Americans bought 103 million mass market paperbacks — the pocket-sized books crammed into spinner racks at airports, drugstores, and grocery checkouts. Last year the total was 18 million. Now ReaderLink, the largest distributor supplying books to non-bookstore retailers, has told publishers it's dropping the format, Elizabeth A. — Read the rest The post The mass market paperback is vanishing appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks

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