Pocket Editions before Penguins

Abstract

IF THE BOOK‐BUYERS OF YESTERDAY were to return to the shops, what surprises would be ‘in store’ for them! Paperbacks! Thousands and thousands, colourful, lightweight, pocket‐size, infinite in their variety, subject and appeal, and cheaply priced by 1968 standards! The paperback department in any good bookshop is a veritable Aladdin's cave, where the casual browser is bewildered by sheer mass of stock and availability.

Citation

Speirs, J. (1969), "Pocket Editions before Penguins", Library Review, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 15-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012513