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Happy #NationalBadgerDay everybody! And in pulp that can mean only one thing... Badger Books!
It's a unique post-war British publisher with an amazing story. Let's take a look at it! #TuesdayThoughts
It's a unique post-war British publisher with an amazing story. Let's take a look at it! #TuesdayThoughts
John Spencer and Co was founded in London in 1946 by Samuel Assael and specialised in publishing original fiction, normally written to order by freelance writers using house aliases. Like many pulp publishers they paid a flat rate for copy – ten shillings per 1,000 words.
Initially Spencer focussed on story magazines in digest and pocketbook form: Tales of Tomorrow, Out Of This World and Supernatural Stories focussed on fantasy and sci-fi short stories. But the digest market was beginning to decline as the post-war paperback market began to boom.
