New book - Shinsho

Japanese: 新書 - しんしょ
New book - Shinsho
A common name for small books slightly larger than bunkohon (A6 size). In July 1935, the Penguin Series, a series of cheap paperbacks (books with paper covers) focusing on literature, was launched in the UK and was a huge success, replacing the hardcovers that had been in use up until then. In 1937, the Pelican Series of general education and science books was also launched. In Japan, Iwanami Shoten followed suit and simultaneously published 20 titles of "Iwanami Shinsho" in November 1938 (the list price at the time was 50 sen per book). The success of this Iwanami Shinsho led to the word "shinsho" becoming an everyday word. It is also called "B40-take" or "B40-ban" because it is large enough to take 40 pages from a B-size paper on one side (32 pages on a B6 size paper).

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Japanese:
文庫本 (A6判) よりやや大きい小型本の通称。 1935年7月にイギリスで,それまでのハードカバー (堅表紙) に対してペンギン叢書という文学中心の安いペーパーバックス (紙表紙本) の叢書が発売されて大成功を収め,37年には教養書や科学書のペリカン叢書も発売された。日本では岩波書店がそれを手本にし,38年 11月「岩波新書」 20点を同時に発行した (当時の定価1冊 50銭) 。そしてこの岩波新書の成功で,新書という言葉も日常語になった。B全判の紙から片面で 40ページ取れる大きさ (B6判では 32ページ) であるため「B40取り」「B40判」ともいわれる。

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