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Penguin Books on the Web | Bookdealers | Miscellaneous | Articles
Penguin Books on the Web
United Kingdom — the most visited UK book publishing website. Includes a complete Author Guide containing details of all relevant Penguin contacts and links to information on publishing and the book industry.
UK Penguin Catalogue
Australia
Canada
USA
Penguin Readers Group — Author of the month, readers group diary, cult book of the month, reader recommendations, author visits, bookshelf.
Penguin Cerise Travel — a celebration of Penguin Books’ early Travel & Adventure series.
Checklists of old Penguin titles are now available - for details email q99booksuk@aol.com
Bookdealers
abebooks.com — find used, secondhand, rare, out-of-print books
The Clique — the information centre for old and out-of-print books in Britain
Independent Booksellers’ Network — helping find rare, collectable and out-of-print books offered for sale by established independent booksellers
Miscellaneous
Art Meets Matter — Visit for a wide selection of high quality products which feature traditional Penguin cover designs.
www.meermanno.nl — For an exhibition and penguinthusiasm in the Netherlands.
Articles
PCS publications
Selected articles — from Penguin Collector
The Culture of Publishing
The Culture of Publishing is an online Internet journal written by students on the various publishing degrees at Oxford Brookes University.
‘Good Books Cheap’: was Penguin the most effective at providing this during the 1930s? — Laura Steward (edition 4, June 2001)
What impact did Allen Lane’s Penguin series have on the publishing industry? — Jaine Keskeys (edition 4, June 2001)
The Power behind Penguin Paperbacks — Polly Louise Nichols (edition 3, June 1998)
How did Penguin contribute to the paperback revolution? — Rebecca Keating (edition 2, June 1997)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Censorship in British Publishing — Frances Richards (edition 2, June 1997)
Allen Lane and the Paperback: Economics or Social Mission? — Sarah Lynas (edition 1, June 1996)
An Exploration of Allen Lane’s Entrepreneurialism in Establishing the Paperback in the Twentieth Century — Olivia Williams (edition 1, June 1996)
An Analysis of Allen Lane’s Role in Reshaping the Culture of Publishing — Claire Hornshaw (edition 1, June 1996)
Allen Lane’s Paperback as a Medium of Mass Communication — Lavinia Carr-Smith (edition 1, June 1996)
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