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 ...

There’s something about a paperback book, that fading feel of a flexible, tangible book, of buying one used and finding weird notes scribbled in the margins, the musty smell after it sat in a garage, ...

Grady Hendrix is the boyishly enthusiastic, self-deprecating proprietor of the literary house of horrors that is "Paperbacks From Hell." A harrowing peek into just a few rooms: "The Little People": ...

Time again for a round of Paperback Picks! This month: some impressive follow-up novels from bestselling authors, an Oscar-winning actor’s poignant memoir, a truly hilarious political satire, and more ...

Good news: Jennifer Egan’s latest novel is hitting paperback shelves this week, along with titles on the beauty and significance of shorelines, the workplace revolution launched by stewardesses in the ...

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, April 14, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse ...

Growing up my parents didn’t have much, but what they did have—no matter where we lived—was a library. Hand-me-down furniture, pots, pans, cutlery, and other kitchen miscellany found on our neighbours ...

E-Books overtake paperbacks and uncomplicated Bluetooth headsets. Jan. 28, 2011— -- Electronic books may have reached a tipping point. Amazon says it now sells more Kindle books than paperbacks, ...

__1935: __Penguin publishes the first paperback books of substance, bringing the likes of Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie to the masses. As Britain emerged from the worst of its ...

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 ...