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Paperback revolution

The mid-20th-century shift toward mass-market paperback books, pioneered by publishers like Pocket Books and Penguin, which catered to the portable and affordable reading needs of troops in the Southwest Pacific.

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How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines

In September 1942, Army Chief Librarian Ray Trautman was on the final leg of a world tour of US installations when he arrived in Australia. Here, his mission was twofold: take the temperature of the reading needs in this corner

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