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Paperback Talk

Paperback Talk( )
Author: Walters, Ray
Introduction by: Ballantine, Ian
Ballantine, Betty
ISBN:978-0-89733-108-1
Publication Date:Jan 1985
Publisher:Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

This book draws on Ray Walters' column "Paperback Talk" which ran in the New York Times Book Review from 1939 to 1984. It provides an invaluable account of how the trade is carried on -- by writers, agents, editors, sales and promotion people, wholesalers, distributors and booksellers -- and readers.

Book Details
Pages:339
Detailed Subjects: Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes
Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing Industry
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5 x 8 Inches
Book Weight:1.32 Pounds
Author Biography
Walters, Ray (Author)
Betty Ballantine was born Elizabeth Jones in India on September 25, 1919. She married Ian Ballantine in 1939. The Ballantines established the U.S. division of Penguin Books. They founded Bantam Books and Ballantine Books, both now part of Penguin Random House. They helped invent the modern paperback and expanded the market for science fiction and other genres. Her novel, The Secret Oceans, was published in 1994. The Ballantines were voted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2008. She died on February 12, 2019 at the age of 99.

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