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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
It is newly arrived in paperback, and a perfect summer page-turner.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 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
And I found a compact paperback history of slavery in America that might be useful.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
“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
"With fiction here, most people buy paperbacks, the only market for hardback fiction is first editions," he said.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
It was admirable that Wemby played chess and devoured paperbacks, but what was going to happen in crunch time, when an opponent socked him in the gut and tried to shake him?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
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
Alone in the stacks, I run my fingers across gleaming paperbacks and matte hardcovers.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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