http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/books/anniversary/default.aspxTags: books, anniversaryenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/07/30/paperbacks.aspxThu, 30 Jul 2009 20:28:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1715Shh_ImReading@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1715http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/07/30/paperbacks.aspx#comments<p>Something to think about today (or any day) when you pick up a paperback book is that paperbacks are a relatively modern invention.&nbsp;Okay, they&#39;re modern if you think back to clay tablets and papyrus rolls.&nbsp;The modern paperback was introduced by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.penguin.com/">Penguin</a> on July 30, 1935, just 74 years ago! According to <em><a target="_blank" href="http://evans.evpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=chase&#39;s%20cal">Chase&#39;s Calendar of Events</a></em> (2009), &quot;Although books bound in soft covers were first introduced in 1841 at Leipzig, Germany by Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, the modern paperback revolution dates to the publication of the first Penguin paperback by Sir Allen Lane at London, England, in 1935.&quot; </p> <p><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780843961683" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0312939078" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0440211263" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0765350378" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=067988288X" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0515138819" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=051513628X" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781595542076" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0505526654" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0778320480" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0446614459" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780141441597" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0312983824" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780765358547" height="164" alt="" /><img width="114" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1416528636" height="164" alt="" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1715" width="1" height="1">booksanniversarypaperback