Penguin and the Paperbacks

Discover how Penguin Books revolutionized reading in the 1930s by publishing quality literature in affordable color-coded paperbacks. From the first blue Penguin to all those novels in orange and a ground-breaking court case over censorship, listen to the story behind Penguin and its paperbacks.

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This episode was published on March 20, 2018.

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