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DECEPTIVELY CONCEPTUAL.
Book covers and jackets might seem to hover beneath serious critical notice, but nothing human is alien to the academic discipline called "cultural studies," be it baseball cards or vampire movies or female footgear. All such devices open inward into the secrets of Everyman's psyche and of capitalism's perfidious designs upon Everyman's pocketbook. The first line of mass-market paperbacks in this country, in fact, was called Pocket Books, produced in 1939, soon after the success, in England, of Penguin Books. The English-speaking countries were slower than those on the Continent to eliminate the huge fraction--around forty per cent--of book-production costs invested in ...
- POCKET BOOKS ROARS ONTO THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 20, 1996 700+ words
...NEW YORK, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocket Books will publish a diverse group of computer...simply can't live without each other. Pocket Books offerings: "THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE...Centrello, President and Publisher of Pocket Books, commented: "Television didn't...
- Pocket Books outperforms the marketplace.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 28, 1987 700+ words
POCKET BOOKS OUTPERFORMS THE MARKETPLACE NEW YORK...a spectacularly successful year for Pocket Books, with a bestselling performance that...bestseller list, held a spot for 47 weeks, Pocket Books achieved a notable roster of bestselling...
- Missionaries moving in new directions.
- Newspaper article from: Times-News (Burlington, NC) February 4, 2007 700+ words
...church there. J.L. Williams founded New Directions International in 1968, and Haiti is...On Jan. 1, Joseph Williams became New Directions' chief executive officer, replacing...history. J.L. Williams remains as New Directions' chief ministry officer. The change...
- VIACOM'S MTV AND POCKET BOOKS TO LAUNCH MTV BOOKS IMPRINT
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 22, 1995 700+ words
...Television and Simon & Schuster's Pocket Books are launching an MTV Books imprint, it was...Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of Pocket Books. MTV Networks and Pocket Books, a unit of Simon & Schuster, are both...
- New Directions International and Winston Joseph to Spearhead $1,000,000...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 11, 2005 700+ words
...C., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- New Directions International, a global missions and...Asian tsunami. Winston Joseph and New Directions International are endeavoring to raise...of life. "This partnership between New Directions International and Winston Joseph is...
- MTV Books/Pocket Books To Publish Multi-Platinum Rapper 50 Cent's Autobiography...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 6, 2003 700+ words
...has signed a deal with MTV Books/Pocket Books to publish his autobiography. The...Executive Vice President and Publisher of Pocket Books. "We are thrilled to have him join our MTV Books/Pocket Books list." "It's going to be 50 Cent...
- Viacom's MTV and Pocket Books to launch MTV BOOKS imprint; MTV Books to develop...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 22, 1995 700+ words
...Television and Simon & Schuster's Pocket Books are launching an MTV Books imprint, it was...Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of Pocket Books. MTV Networks and Pocket Books, a unit of Simon & Schuster, are both...
- Pocket Books acquires world volume rights to second book by author of 'Women...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 21, 1987 700+ words
POCKET BOOKS ACQUIRES WORLD VOLUME RIGHTS TO SECOND...and Schuster, announced today that Pocket Books has acquired world volume rights to...Applebaum, president and publisher of Pocket Books, and William R. Grose, vice president...