Quality Paperback Series

Paperback Predecessors

Mass Market Series

Classroom Series

Trade Series

University Press Series

Specialty Series

Library Series

Conglomerates & Information/Mass Media Companies

Merger Timelines

• Hachette

• HarperCollins

• Macmillan

• Penguin Ramdon House

• Simon & Schuster

Before 1939: Paperback Predecessors

1939-1952: Mass Market Paperbacks

1953-1967: Quality Paperbacks and Corporate Mergers

1968 and Beyond: Book Numbers and Changing Fortunes

Books on Books

Bookstores

People

Periodicals in Paperback

About Bowker

• Articles about Bowker

• Bowker Addresses

• Daniel Melcher

• Frederic G. Melcher Library

• Ownership & Leadership

Bibliographic Publications

• American Book Publishing Record

• Books in Print

  • Paperbound Books in Print

  • Subject Guide to Books in Print

• Books in Series

• Books Out of Print

• Forthcoming Books

Bowkeriana

• Bowker Catalog, 1963-1964

Trade Publications

• Publishers Trade List Annual

• Publishers Weekly

  • The Bargain Market

  • The Mass Market

  • PW Indexes

Methodology

To Do List

Publishing Litigation