I should have mentioned that in between his association with
Penguin/Signet and his founding of Ballantine Books, Ian
Ballantine helped get another young publishing effort off the
ground. Let's see...that was Bantam Books, which also turned
out rather well.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...> wrote:
>
> No, no, that wasn't the case with Spillane as Dutton
did all of
his
> early books in hardcover.
>
> Signet, the paperback publisher of both Spillane and
Erskine
> Caldwell, started out as Penguin Books in the late
1940s with Ian
> Ballentine as the guiding genius. The success of
Signet, in no
> small degree the success of Spillane and Caldwell,
helped spark
the
> entire paperback revolution. Ballentine, of course,
ended up
> founding his own company in the early
1950s.
>
> But none of Mickey Spillane's early novels were
paperback
> originals. They were wild best sellers in paperback
but all had
> first of all a Dutton first edition.
>
> Richard Moore
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Are you sure about that? I thought the whole
thing
> > with Spillane was no hardback pub would touch
him
> > until he rocked the world with his paperback
sales.
> > All his paperbacks were reissued as hardbacks
in the
> > mid-50s, but I'm pretty sure his first books
were
> > paperback originals.
> >
> > Patrick King
> > --- Richard Moore <moorich@>
wrote:
> >
> > > I hesitate get in the middle of this
discussion with
> > > a factual
> > > correction but to say I, THE JURY was a
paperback
> > > original is simply
> > > wrong. The first edition was published in
hardcover
> > > by Dutton in
> > > 1947.
> > >
> > > Richard Moore
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
> > > <abrasax93@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Not to mention that the book did not
get a hard
> > > bound
> > > > printing until it sold several
millions copies in
> > > > paperback. I, THE JURY was a Signet
Paperback
> > > > Original.
> > > >
> > > > Patrick King
> > > > --- Allan Guthrie <allan@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Given that conservative
estimates suggest a
> > > quarter
> > > > > of adults in the
> > > > > developed world are functionally
illiterate (ie
> > > > > unable to read
brochures,
> > > > > time tables, road maps,
instructions for
> > > household
> > > > > appliances, etc)
being
> > > > > able to afford the hardback
might be a secondary
> > > > > consideration.
> > > > >
> > > > > Al
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message
-----
> > > > > From: "Michael Robison"
<miker_zspider@>
> > > > > To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007
6:14 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Mickey
Spillane
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > John Lau wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > proving that "popular
culture" is but another
> > > > > oxymoron
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ***************
> > > > > > Yup. Real culture takes
money and education.
> > > > > Them
> > > > > > knuckle dragging mouth
breathing high school
> > > > > drop-outs
> > > > > > couldn't even afford the
hardback copy of I,
> > > The
> > > > > Jury.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > miker
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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