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    + nl takes one page fr this in 1072: Ahint at just how many more books ae published 3 i i i 2 i ‘nearly halfway through the alphabet by author a at the top ofthe first page ofthe magazine, ‘before the frst story even began. ‘The cost of advertisingin PW used toran rig Cc 39s) Ba ae a iat i! i he QU it i sit ait i elie fee ee ail i ne oe ne J ge wily ia i A 43 ia ai ne | i: HE Pa ve ne ca He Fal Hh iH ace i Bei oo a [ a ili a agua andl i a Ha a i ee a 4 i fl if Ee Ha Neat fag HEL 2 ee nya a a Hin er HO a 1997, the editor could abdicate responsibilty “for the views expressed” within PW"s pager. [—— _ Anexcellent measure of ‘expectations for magazine put (ig Ue ipl ty he Be at i ans ntl Ee Phe Paes ety. itt ce HEY iat ie Aiert ca a ii de vie et i] ya it he Hi dati a iu He We ase peed ae mies SoS eran Sa Spscln mane ‘One hundred years ater, the book business is stil asking self whether movies sell books. ‘The difference? Now TV series and streaming Dropertlesarein the mix. rr Ra ~ ‘When Do Movies Sell Books? College Text Books Again ar aal athe tey inith ith rf f [Now that’s an article By the 1920, layout for certain pleces arlier iterations of PW were much more likely to cover Inthe magazine started to foreshadow magazine norms of ‘educational publishing consistently than the magazine is today, ‘today, and included more images. ‘when is focus is centered on trade books. During tis period, PW'scolophon was included above ‘the News ofthe Week and Tip from the Publishers ‘sections, presumably to lend abit of gravitas othe ext. tere ee in Eantretaned we Senn ters tow Sennen co Sacco bs Long before the rise of television and the internet, 1 on dp plo ad st ‘Small items such as those on these pages have remained. ‘staple in PW's print news reporting for years although they were not consigned tothe “front of the book" as such tems often are when Included in consumer magazines. Eee cet a te he tee Chats ob beng 9, ‘sin satiny, “The Weekly Gree fur bus bec cong on same pr ies oe Eel ec Ei tse pce ees, June Jordan, who began her carcer asa children’s poet and became one We still publish letters tothe editor in PW, although itis more ofthe most aclatmed and widely published Jamaican American authors ‘common, In this era, to receive reader feedback on socal media— ‘of her generation, was one ofthe fist authors profiled in PW under its ‘especially on Twitter—or in the comments section of our website. ‘PW Interviews column, which was launched ints centennial year EANTASY AND. cents ota June Jordan Bor ow Me an in Gon Where" Aci dg "Warf Cher acs By 1972, PW's pages were numbered at the bottom, nt the top, and by slgle ese, not under the earler rubric that included yearly volumes ‘and numbering. The three-column layout was firmly established by this {ime aswell a tade-tn from the old two- column format, PW: now in Technicolor! Color printing for PV's inner pages was normalized by the 1990s trading the timeless quality of black-and-white ‘Photography for the added detall tht only calor can provide, gp tet 0p, ee ee fey Se N & CO/S NEW coe ceri 72 Finn Avec, os i] Aprominent early American publisher, D. Appleton, was a major earlyadvertiserin PW “Appleton later became part of Prentice-Hall

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