Popular Library
Title
Popular Library
Years in the Paperback Market
1942 - 1982
Head Office Location
New York, NY
Profile
Popular Library was one of the early paperback companies that followed the success of Pocket Books. Its founders, Leo Margulies and Ned Pines, were former pulp magazine publishers and the pulp esthetic continued with its paperbacks. Popular Library’s focus was on mystery fiction, but it embraced other genres. It began publishing original paperbacks in 1952. From its beginning as a pulp fiction publisher Popular Library has changed parent companies often, Perfect Film and Chemical (1968-1970), Fawcett Publication (1970-1977), CBS (1977-1982), The imprint was discontinued when the company was sold to Warner Books in 1982.
Sources
Bartter, Martha A. "Popular Library." Amerian Literary publishing Houses 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback, edited by Peter Dzwonkoski, Gale Research Company, 1986, pp. 297-298.
Item Relations
| This Item | Publisher | Item: Loving and the daring (The) |
Collection
Citation
“Popular Library,” The Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection @ Mount Saint Vincent University, accessed January 13, 2025, https://msvulpf.omeka.net/items/show/823.
Comments