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In February, ReaderLink, one of the biggest book distributors in the US, announced they will stop distributing mass market paperbacks at the end of the year. Up to seventy percent of mass market paperback sales in the US are sold by ReaderLink’s customers, including Kroger and Walmart. And, with the exception of classics and cozy mysteries, it doesn’t look as if the Big Five publishers or major retailers like Barnes & Noble will do much to save the dying format.

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