tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5100677269964741044..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: THE AVON BOOK OF MODERN WRITING (1953) and No. 2 (1954) ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, among other "paperback magazines"/periodical booksTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59751680859004976892012-09-14T21:57:28.351-04:002012-09-14T21:57:28.351-04:00Well, they jumped in in the early '50s, and ag...Well, they jumped in in the early '50s, and again in the late '60s, and these days there's an efflorescence of Best of the Year annuals (about half from large commercial houses, half from smaller presses)--albeit Houghton Mifflin by itself is responsible, with its BEST AMERICAN series, for about 3/4 of the big commercial house annuals.<br /><br />But, yes, not much in the way of "bookazines" these days from the larger houses...just some (often well-designed) newsstand littles supplementing the veteran fiction magazines, and increasing numbers of webzines and now tabletzines...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-50712706681373331062012-09-14T20:34:31.330-04:002012-09-14T20:34:31.330-04:00We will never see books like this published by the...We will never see books like this published by the Majors. Maybe some small press might try it, but that's about it in this ebook happy market.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com