{"id":29928,"date":"2012-08-22T23:38:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/the-history-of-the-paperback-book.html"},"modified":"2012-08-22T23:38:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:38:04","slug":"the-history-of-the-paperback-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/the-history-of-the-paperback-book.html","title":{"rendered":"The history of the paperback book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And how, like ebooks, the big publishers were sure they&#39;d never sell. And then they were sure they&#39;d never sell more than hardcovers. And then they were sure that nobody would want original works in paperback. And then &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mentalfloss.com%2Fblogs%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2Fpaperback-revolution.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/137715'>How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read &#8211; Mental Floss<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans ReadHalf a century before e-books turned publishing upside down, a different format threatened to destroy the industry.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/X7f5AgoxEvd' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/X7f5AgoxEvd' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And how, like ebooks, the big publishers were sure they&#39;d never sell. And then they were sure they&#39;d never sell more than hardcovers. And then they were sure that nobody would want original works in paperback. And then &#8230; Embedded Link How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read &#8211; Mental Floss How Paperbacks Transformed the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/the-history-of-the-paperback-book.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The history of the paperback book&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10606,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/the_most_annoying_trend_i.html","url_meta":{"origin":29928,"position":0},"title":"The most annoying trend in the book industry today","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Dec-06 8:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"Oversized paperback. 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