Because of its number-one position in what became a very long list of pocket editions, James Hilton's Lost Horizon is often cited as the first American paperback book. However, the first mass-market, pocket-sized, paperback book printed in the U.S. was an edition of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth, produced by Pocket Books as a proof-of-concept in late 1938, and sold in New York City.[citation needed] In World War II, the U.S. military distributed some 122 million "Armed Services Editions" paperback novels to the troops, which helped popularize the format after the war.[12]
Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4 inches wide by 7 inches tall, and the text is in a smaller font. These smaller sized books are often called pocket books, and they do fit easily into a purse or a back pocket.Despite the drawbacks in quality, lower prices mean that this kind of book is more widely distributed, and can be easier to find. Mass market paperbacks are printed on lower quality paper, not on acid free paper like most hardbacks and trade paperbacks. When a bookstore is unable to sell most books, the publisher has them returned. The cheaper MMPBs are destroyed, or at least they are supposed to be, after the cover is stripped off and returned. This results in some books without covers that are "illegal" according to publishing houses. The sale of these "stripped" books by a bookstore is a breach of contract with the publisher.Familiar to most consumers, this is the kind of book that most people think of when they hear the term paperback. Many people prefer this style of book despite the lower quality materials, because of the price, but also because of the convenient size. The standardization of this size is thought to come from the duodecimo size of printed books in the early era of printing. Many books are printed only as mass market paperback initially. In this case, they become highly collectible as first edition/first printing editions.
What Is Paperback Means In Booksl
In this post we will try to answer the question, what is better hardcover vs paperback? We will look over various points for both books, help you understand the difference between both books and help you come up with the right answer for your book. Here are some of the topics we will cover.
If a book is a loose leaf, this means that it does not have a traditional binding like a hardcover or a paperback: basically, a loose leaf edition is just a stack of pages which may be three-hole-punched so that they could be held together by a binder.
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So, these are a few points that you may consider while choosing between a paperback and hardcover. If you are still confused, I would say that you should go with the one that is most comfortable for you. At the end of the day, what matters is you got to read what you wanted to read!
A paperback is light, compact and easily transportable, able to be bent and stuffed into the corner of a bag. A hardcover, on the other hand, is the strong and beautiful option. They are far more durable than paperbacks, and their beauty and collectability means that they hold their value far better too. 2ff7e9595c
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