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This gave Trautman the idea that would lead to the production of Armed Services Editions, or ASEs—small, lightweight paperback books, which began shipping out to soldiers in late 1943.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A few months ago I found a paperback copy of George Orwell’s “1984” on a city bus.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
"Then we'll buy the paperback when it comes out," she added.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The paperback rights for her second book, 1978’s Love Signs, were sold for $2.5 million, establishing an industry record at the time.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
One ritual the men looked forward to was hearing a recipe from a small paperback cookbook that Marston had.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
“Unlike for mass-market paperbacks, hardcover books were shelved, so it didn’t matter that the books were different sizes,” Margolis says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The first was commercial: the rise of paperbacks and mall bookstores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Some of the performers fans have travelled from other towns and cities to grab his old paperbacks, some of which contain annotations by Cave.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
The English-language books that are selling abroad are generally cheap paperbacks, printed by American and British publishers as export editions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
When I got home from school that afternoon, Mom was still curled up on the sofa bed, a small pile of paperbacks next to her.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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