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 ...

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.

Publishers were disappointed, but not surprised, by Readerlink’s recent decision to stop distributing mass market paperbacks to its accounts, including mass merchandisers, by the end of 2025. In ...

Eager to get that hot new novel in paperback format? A bookseller helps us make sense of hardcover versus paperback releases. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a ...