The phrase
"old paperbacks" refers to books that are both old and printed in a soft-cover format.
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Wilson lives with his dog in a cruddy apartment stacked
with old paperbacks, and when he's out on the street, he'll go up to a stranger and commence an eager - beaver «conversation,» paying no heed to how little his company is desired.
Your self - righteous mentality you gleened from a 2,000
year old paperback, written by peyote button eating psychos, is nauseating.
I still
love old paperback novels for my comfort reading particularly L.M. Montgomery novels.
I remember a couple of
old paperback sizzlers in our bookshelves when I was young that definitely widened the eyes of a teenager and had an impact: books like Rosemary Rogers» Sweet Savage Love and Kathleen Woodiwiss» The Flame and the Flower.
Many people choose to rebind books, from amateurs who
restore old paperbacks on internet instructions to many professional book and paper conservators and restorationists, who often in the United States are members of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).
They reflect on the demons and deities of the memory as seen on our devices, online, on television, billboards, boxtops, catechisms, illustrated classic comic books, masterpieces in the Frick,
old paperback covers, graffiti and signage on moving vehicles and packaging detritus of every shape and kind.
I've been a fan of Jennifer Weiner's ever since I discovered
an old paperback of Good in Bed in my college library's popular reading section.
His book was on the shelf with
the old paperbacks I'd been meaning to donate to the charity shop for years.
So most folks - nearly all indie authors these days - have long ago dumped
the old paperback companies and are going with one of the POD companies.
No one noticed the slow increase in size over the thirty years except for old pulp writers and those of us who like the history of publishing and collect
the old paperbacks.
«This is a modern twist on
the old paperback license, but in this case Simon & Schuster will be publishing the hardcover and paperback editions simultaneously,» Julia Prosser, assistant director of publicity at S&S, told Digital Book World.
That's the impression one gets from reading the reactions one gets to using
an old paperback for something other than reading.
Though I did get rid of them,
those old paperbacks were great.
I managed to come up with
an old paperback, something I'd read before, but that didn't matter: desperate times call for desperate measures.
We're using
an old paperback version, but I'm so tempted to grab this beautiful new hardback version by Rifle Paper Co artist Anna Bond.