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Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear", and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. In Hardboiled America -- lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others -- Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback.

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655.4 <0.027.5> --- 655.4 <73> --- 820 <73> --- Book industries and trade --- -Books and reading --- -Literature publishing --- -Paperbacks --- -Popular culture --- Popular literature --- -Publishers and publishing --- -Book publishing --- Books --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Literature, Popular --- Books and reading --- Popular culture --- Bibliography --- Paper backs --- Paper-books --- Paper-bounds --- Paper-covers --- Paperback books --- Paperbooks --- Paperbounds --- Soft-covers --- Softbound books --- Softcovers --- Literary publishing --- Literature --- Publishers and publishing --- Appraisal of books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--Paperback uitgaven. Pocketuitgaven --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Amerikaanse literatuur --- Publishing --- -History and criticism --- History --- Paperback editions --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- -Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--Paperback uitgaven. Pocketuitgaven --- 820 <73> Amerikaanse literatuur --- 655.4 <0.027.5> Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--Paperback uitgaven. Pocketuitgaven --- -820 <73> Amerikaanse literatuur --- Book publishing --- Literature publishing --- Paperbacks --- History and criticism --- United States --- 20th century --- Appreciation

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How do books attract their readers? This collection takes a closer look at book covers and their role in promoting sales and shaping readers' responses. Judging a Book by Its Cover brings together leading scholars, many with experience in the publishing industry, who examine the marketing of popular fiction across the twentieth century and beyond. Using case studies, and grounding their discussions historically and methodologically, the contributors address key themes in contemporary media, literary, publishing, and business studies related to globalisation, the correlation between text and image, identity politics, and reader reception. Topics include book covers and the internet bookstore; the links between books, the music industry, and film; literary prizes and the selling of books; subcultures and sales of young adult fiction; the cover as a signifier of literary value; and the marketing of ethnicity and lesbian pulp fiction. This exciting collection opens a new field of enquiry for scholars of book history, literature, media and communication studies, marketing, and cultural studies.

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