The final chapter has been written for Offset Paperback Manufacturers (OPM), based in Dallas, Pa., with the end of May closure of what, in its heyday, was among the largest paperback book ...

Jessica Kara writes optimistic contemporary YA, as well as fantasy, under the name Jess E. Owen. Her two contemporary novels, A Furry Faux Paw and Don’t Ask If I’m Okay, are available from Page Street ...

We were walking our dogs when Karen told me the mass-market paperback--the familiar 5-by-7-inch book you could slip into the back pocket of a pair of jeans -- was dead. It took a moment to understand ...

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 ...

Redesign? Relaunch? Regret? Take a look at the ways publishers aimed to seduce new audiences by changing up the covers of notable books. By Scott Heller and Miguel Salazar “You never get a second ...

Looking for something new to read? This week’s paperbacks include a biography of Kiki de Montparnasse, a swashbuckling historical novel and a history of transportation. Here are six paperbacks we ...

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Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers (e-readers and audiobooks) do, too. What’s the more sustainable option? The answer isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Summer reading ...

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 ...

We must end 2025 with a final farewell in the world of books. Rest in peace, mass market paperbacks. As reported by Publishers Weekly, book distributor ReaderLink will “stop distributing mass market ...