Where Have All the Paperbacks Gone?

The Future of Mass Market Books and Why They’re Not Dead Yet

I was standing in my local Walmart the other day, staring at what used to be an entire aisle of books. Once upon a time, that space was crammed with mass market paperbacks—thrillers, romances, mysteries, all the kind of books designed to be picked up on a whim, tossed into a cart with a gallon of milk and a box of cereal. But now? The shelf space is shr…