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Book publishing was no longer considered a
craft, but an industry. Many wealthy
businessmen got involved in the production industry by loaning money to
publishing houses, J. Pierpont Morgan being one of the first involved.
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Many highly acclaimed authors of today started
writing in the 1920’s. F. Scott
Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe were some who emerged. Although their books were being published,
this is not where they were making the most money. A significant amount of their income was
still coming for short stories being published in mass-market magazines.
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In the late 1930’s the trend of paperback books
emerged. The new publishing house Pocket
Books was founded by Robert de Graff and quickly became a very respected
company. The paperback publishers would
buy the rights of production from hardcover publishers. The authors of the books feared that their
reputation would be lessened if their works were being published on a lower
quality medium, but their fears were quickly quelled once they saw the high
quality of the other authors being published.
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Many booksellers did not want a lesser quality
book being sold in their stores. Pocket
Books they quickly turned to different types of outlets, like drug stores and
railroad stations, and were accessed by many who did not usually go to
bookstores.
Comment
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I think that the concept of The Book of the
Month Club is very interesting. People
anywhere were now able to receive books straight to their door. Although there is still the option of sending
away for books in certain copies of mass-market paperback books, this is no
longer very popular. What was
revolutionary at the time is now no longer needed because of the easy access to
a plethora of different books instantly.
Question
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Both World War I and World War II affected the
production of books. What was done
during and after these times that caused an increase in book production and
improvements on the process of them being made?
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