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  "textContent": "The squat little paperbacks once crammed into drugstore racks are vanishing, and the industry now says the format's long run is effectively over. After nearly a century in wide circulation, mass market paperbacks have been squeezed by e-books, audiobooks, and more profitable print formats—most recently taking a major hit...",
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