Full disclosure: I get most of my reading done on my Kindle. But when I simply must get my hands on a physical copy of a new book release or time-tested favorite, I prefer paperback. Sure, hardcover ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — A staple of reading life and grocery store checkout lanes breathed its last three weeks ago. The mass market paperback — or, as they used to be called, just “paperback” — is no ...

The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read ...

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 ...

If you're trying to decide between buying a hardcover or a paperback book, there are a few different things to consider before you do. There is no definitive right answer as to which type of book is ...

It is the end of an era for the paperback books that reached generations of readers with their affordable prices, convenient size and reliable ubiquity. At the end of 2025, ReaderLink, one of the ...

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 ...

Your bookstore’s paperback new arrivals table is about to get weird. October tends to be when publishers put out books that are a little more genre-forward. Think horror novels for Halloween moods, ...

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 24, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse ...

Some of the best and worst books ever written can be picked up at most U.S. newsstands for 25¢ to 50¢. In the past two years, about 250 million paperbacks, from Plato to Kathleen Winsor. have been ...

He oversaw a boom in the format beginning in the 1960s, turning out best sellers like “Jaws,” “The Exorcist” and “The Catcher in the Rye.” By Penelope Green Marc Jaffe was at a New Year’s Eve party of ...