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'the era of the “pocket book” is drawing to a close. ReaderLink, the biggest book distributor in the US, announced recently that it would stop distributing mass-market paperbacks...and marks the end of a format that once democratised reading for the working class'

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/24/america-says-goodbye-paperback

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback

The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

The Guardian
Feb 25 at 1:43amWeb
Show threadTinDrumFeb 25
'We’re definitely losing accessibility and that’s a huge thing right now, especially in this country, whether it’s libraries being defunded, book bannings happening, one person saying let’s get rid of 200 books because I don’t want my child to read diverse authors'