Thread: Amazon vs. Hachette Update - It's About Price
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Old 08-09-2014, 12:44 PM   #335
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Originally Posted by Shane R View Post
Is this the plain unvarnished truth?
Not exactly, the penny dreadfulls came out during the later half of the 1800's and arguably served the same market as the pulp market. There were many paperbacks dating back that far. Paperback did explode as a mass market device right after WW II, but they had been around for a while.
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