Judging books by their covers: 75 Years of Penguin Sci Fi
Posted on | July 4, 2010 | No Comments
Latest blog post for Litro Magazine…
The main characteristic of the Penguin paperbacks we have on sale at the secondhand bookshop I work in is scruffiness. They’ve usually been read, re-read, loved, kept in pockets, stuffed under pillows and carried round in bags before being passed on to that great secondhand bookshop in the sky (or Charing Cross Road, in this case). In other words, they’ve fulfilled the vision of Allen Lane, Penguin’s founder, who created a publishing house with the philosophy of making great fiction affordable for all… click to read more at Litro Magazine…
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