Loren D. Estleman, the award-winning author of the Amos Walker crime series as well as other detective and Western novels, has published “Paperback Jack,” an interesting and well-written novel about ...

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.

Using his own capital, Allen Lane started the Penguin publishing house. His plan was to sell quality books for the price of a pack of cigarettes. Central Press / Getty Images The story about the first ...

40 million copies and counting. And that's just the hardcover edition of "The DaVinci Code," Dan Brown's blockbuster that revolves around the premise that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were husband and ...

What is so appealing about the traditionally printed paperback novel? Is it the paperbacks portability? Most paperbacks are smaller than the average trade or hardback novel, making them easier to hold ...

Pulp. Beach reads. Trashy stories. Romance novels. These are all examples of paperback books. Maybe it’s not the cream of the crop, the stuff they put on hardcover. But it’s something. It’s in your ...

In this fresh contribution to the CBA market, Bly, the prolific, Christy Award–winning author of series westerns, pens an amusing parody of the proverbial dime-store paperback novel. Paul James Watson ...