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.

We must end 2025 with a final farewell in the world of books. Mass market paperbacks were primarily positioned as portable, even disposable, low cost and even lowbrow as they were significantly ...

The format credited with making books more accessible via low prices and widespread availability will all but vanish from the ...

If you were a comics fan in the mid-1970s, the appearance of Superman from the 30s to the 70s, Batman from the 30s to the 70s and Origins of Marvel Comics on the shelves of bookstores and libraries ...

Before the sales of e-books exploded in 2010 and 2011, lowering the rate of book returns was one of the major issues that publishers, distributors, and booksellers grappled with on a regular basis.