Some Facts About Pocket Book Publishing

Around 1939, American people could get books only in hardcover format for about two to three dollars. The cost at that time was a hefty sum and hence books were available only for a few lucky ones. But pocket book publishing changed the way things were. Robert F. de Graff changed the course of publishing industry when he printed eleven books in soft cover set-up. After that pocket book publishing became the order of the day.

Symbolic as it may seem, it was only after much rejection that De Graff met Richard Simon from Simon & Schuster. With his backing, De Graff could give his pocket book ideas a concrete shape and 'Pocket Books' publisher was started. Today, Pocket Books of Simon & Schuster is the market leader of pocket book publishing industry.

Pocket Books opened a kind of a different door to readers where readers could afford and read literature of the world. At 25 cents a copy, Publishing agents published and sold popular books like The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck; Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie; Bambi by Felix Salter; The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, etc.

The success of Pocket Books led many publishers to opt for pocket book publishing. There were also those who aimed at self publishing their pocket books. Still, 'Pocket Books' remained and remains the industry leader. In the process of its evolution, Pocket Books also forayed into original paperback publishing and gave many opportunities to fledgling writers and novelists to get their works published.

Apart from Simon & Schuster's Pocket Books, there are lots of pocket book distributors and publishers. Some of the established names in pocket book publishing industry are Paraview Pocket Books, Bantam Books, Avon Books, Diamond Books, etc.

Paraview's pocket books are non-fiction paperbacks that are conventionally published. The books are intended for cultural and creative readers who are fascinated with mind, spirit and body and successes in the field of science and technology.

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It is always better to know the correct way to submit books to book publishers if you really want to publish your book. Since, most of the pocket book publishing houses do not accept unsolicited manuscripts, you better have your own literary agent. And it is always better not to submit a novel to book publishers without first knowing what kind of books they publish.