This is Dissertation/Thesis, by Alan Barzman, for his Masters of Science degree at the Boston University, in 1956. In it he writes about his research into the topic of paperback books, its effects on trends, and in communiation. It was digitized by Boston University Libraries, as part of their OpenBU digitization collection: Dissertations and Theses (pre-1964) [13090]. And "Based on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions." It can be found for download in PDF form at the following address; https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/11233