Have We Reached the Final Days of the Mass-Market Paperback?
Feb 11, 2026 · It is the end of an era for the paperback books that reached generations of readers with their affordable prices, convenient size and reliable ubiquity. At the end of 2025, ReaderLink, one of …
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks - Publishers Weekly
Dec 12, 2025 · The decision made this winter by ReaderLink to stop distributing mass market paperback books at the end of 2025 was the latest blow to a format that has seen its popularity decline for years.
Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued - Good e-Reader
Jan 25, 2026 · Mass market paperback books are being phased out and will soon be discontinued. Publishers Weekly reported that ReaderLink, the largest distributor of hardcover, trade, and …
Mass-market books are disappearing from grocery store racks
Dec 28, 2025 · NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with publisher Esther Margolis about the end of the era of mass market paperbacks. These inexpensively made books were once staples in most grocery and drug …
What the End of Mass Market Paperbacks in 2025 Means for …
Jul 12, 2025 · Are mass market paperbacks going away completely? They’re being phased out from major retail distribution by the end of 2025, and most new releases will shift to trade paperback or …
‘We’re losing accessibility’: the US says goodbye to the mass-market ...
Feb 24, 2026 · ReaderLink, the biggest book distributor in the US, announced recently that it would stop distributing mass-market paperbacks. The decision follows years of plummeting sales, from 131m …
Mass market paperbacks on the way out after sales decline
Feb 6, 2026 · At the end of 2025, ReaderLink, the major supplier of books to airport stores, announced it would no longer be carrying out mass market paperbacks. The smaller, less expensive editions of …
After almost a century, readers close mass market paperbacks - MSN
The squat little paperbacks once crammed into drugstore racks are vanishing, and the industry now says the format's long run is effectively over.
The End of the Paperback - Vox Popoli
Jan 30, 2026 · The decision made this winter by ReaderLink to stop distributing mass market paperback books at the end of 2025 was the latest blow to a format that has seen its popularity decline for years.
Why mass market paperbacks are on their way out | The Week
Feb 23, 2026 · Despite being known for making reading more affordable, mass-market paperbacks are being phased out of the publishing industry.