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The Author’s Voice, Candy, Colleen, and Peter, talk with each other and guests about how writers can take their book from Blank Page to Bestseller. From published authors to industry professionals and everyone in between, Blank Page to Bestseller sheds light on the many facets of the publishing industry.
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Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Biz Buzz
The Death of the Mass Market Paperback
Recently, news came out announcing the death of a popular book format - the mass market paperback. At the end of 2025, the largest distributor of the mass market paperback disclosed they are no longer distributing them to retailers.
So what is a mass market paperback and why are we sad to see them go?
We look at the life of the mass market book and their impact on the publishing industry in this week's segment.
Want to learn more? We've linked two articles down below where we did most of our research.
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Biz Buzz Segment: The Death of the Mass Market Paperback (2:04)
The Author's Voice Links
From Publisher's Weekly - Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
From The Guardian - "We're Losing Accessibility": the US says goodbye to the mass-market paperback
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