U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 20: Meet the Beadles

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 20: Meet the Beadles PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 20, 2016 WASHINGTON, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: MEET THE BEADLES Profile America — Monday, June 20th. This week 50 years ago, the Beatles' song "Paperback Writer" topped the pop music charts in America. This ode to middlebrow writing aspirations followed by 106 years the introduction of paperback books by some earlier Beadles — the brothers Erastus and Irwin Beadle. In early June 1860, the New York City publishers issued the first paperback, called Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter. Termed a "dime novel" for its price, the title seems to foreshadow two common subjects in paperback history — Westerns and romance novels. In the event, some 65,000 copies were sold. Today, there are more than 2,600 book publishers in the U.S., a total that includes audio and digital books, along with hardbound and paperback volumes. Profile America is in its 20th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_novel 1966 music chart: http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=1966 First publisher: http://blog.tavbooks.com/?p=635 Summary: http://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/library/prod/depts/dp/pennies/1860_firstdime.html Book publishers/NAICS 511130: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2013/00A1//naics~511130 Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).  Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO   SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau CONTACT: Rick Reed, 301-763-2812; or e-mail: richard.thomas.reed-at-census.gov Web Site: http://www.census.gov Follow Us To change the settings for your profile(s) or email delivery, go to https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/profile/?action=editProfile and select the profile you would like to edit. You can select the industries, subjects, languages, geographical areas, companies, delivery options and delivery frequencies of your choice. In addition to current press releases, you can also find archived news, corporate information, photos, tradeshow news and much more on the PR Newswire for Journalists website: https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com To contact us, email: mediasite@prnewswire.com Please do not reply to this email; this is an automatically generated message. Copyright © PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A UBM plc company. Our mailing address is: 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10014-4504