Leading UK retail book chain Waterstones has proudly tweeted a picture of early Penguins via its official Twitter account, declaring: “On this day, 1935. The first ever paperback books, from @PenguinUKBooks, were published.” Only, were they? As you might expect of such an obvious and sensible idea, Allen Lane’s line of Penguin Books, launched in [...]
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