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 ...

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with publisher Esther Margolis about the end of the era of mass market paperbacks. These inexpensively made books were once staples in most grocery and drug stores.

The format credited with making books more accessible via low prices and widespread availability will all but vanish from the publishing scene in a few weeks. At its zenith in the second half of the ...

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 ...

The summer reading season is here. Some people will opt for paperbacks because they're easy to borrow and share. Others will go for e-readers, or audiobooks streamed on a phone. But which is the more ...

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 ...

The nostalgic, earthy scent of old books fills the quiet walls of Canandaigua’s last remaining bookshop. Stepping inside, you’re transported into a dimly lit labyrinth of towering bookshelves, stacked ...