Data from Bowker Books in Print showed a collapse of new adult nonfiction paperback titles by 42% from 2019 to 2024, to just under 40,000. New adult nonfiction hardcover titles fell by 9% over the ...

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 ...

We must end 2025 with a final farewell in the world of books. Rest in peace, mass market paperbacks. As reported by Publishers Weekly, book distributor ReaderLink will “stop distributing mass market ...

Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers (e-readers and audiobooks) do, too. What’s the more sustainable option? The answer isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Summer reading ...

Letters: Readers take issue with an article that advocated ditching hardback books in favour of paperbacks ...

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 ...

Redesign? Relaunch? Regret? Take a look at the ways publishers aimed to seduce new audiences by changing up the covers of notable books. By Scott Heller and Miguel Salazar “You never get a second ...

"You reach a different audience with paperbacks,” the mom to Beyoncé and Solange said ...

From the front door you see the books, lots of books. *** used bookstore is generally eccentric. Every used bookstore has to have an obligatory cat. Mass market paperbacks are quietly fading from ...