The BookScans Database

Each image (anywhere in the web site) should be identified by its publishing house and number. If, for some reason, the number is not listed, you can still identify it through its web address. Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized image, then check out its web address in your browser's address line. Try it on the image in the upper left corner of this page. You'll find it reads something like:

http://www.bookscans.com/images/aceD486.jpg

So now you know that it's Ace D-486.

My goal is to update the Publisher Folders annually until the runs are complete. If you note that a Publisher has not been updated for some time, check the "Update" Folders for additional entries.

Each Update Folder will be retained on the site for a year and then deleted. Updates will commonly occur in February, June and October. So, in the links to the left below, the lowest numbered Update will disappear during each of those months, and a higher numbered Update will take its place.

The "Infantry" folder includes images from the following publishers:

Infantry Journal, Superior Reprints and the Penguin S-series

The "Other Publishers" folder includes images from the following publishers:

Airmont, Award, Banner, Bart House, Black Cat, Bleak House, Checker Book, Collier, Corgi, Corinth, Curtis, Docket, Dolphin, Doubleday Anchor, Eugenics, Flagship, Gold Star, Hodder, Keepworthy, Harlequin, L.A. Bantam, Magnum, Moody Press, Ottenheimer, Overseas Editions, Pocket Library, Pocket Library of Art, Pony, Premier, Regency, Saint, Scholastic, Tempo, Tower, Value, Washington Square Press, White Circle, Wisdom House, Zenith, more books from British, Canadian and Australian publishers, and many others.

The "Digests" folder includes images from the following publishers:

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly, Avon Bedside Reader, Avon Fantasy Reader, Avon Monthly Novel, Avon Murder Mystery Monthly, (Avon) Rex Stout, Avon Special, Avon Western, Adventure Novel Classics, Arrow, Atlas, Bestseller Mystery, Big Green, Black Cat, Black Knight, Bonded, Broadway, Comet, Crime Novel Selection, Croydon Mystery, Dagger, Death House, Detective Novel Classics, Detective Novel of the Month, Eerie, Fighting Western Novel, Five Star, Galaxy, Green Dragon, Green, Gunfire Western Novels, Hangman House, Jonathan Mystery, Mercury Mystery, Merit, Mystery Novel Classics, Original, Phantom, Prize, Readers Choice Library, Seal Books, Star, Thrilling Novels, Thriller Novel Classics, Vulcan, Western Novel Classic, Western Novel of the Month, and many others.

The "Sexy Digests" folder includes images from the following publishers:

Archer, Astro, Cameo, Carnival, Croydon, Diversey, Ecstasy, Exotic, Falcon, Griffin, Fiesta, Intimate, Knickerbocker, Leisure Library, Lev Gleason, Original Novels, Prize Love Novels, Quarter Books, Rainbow, Stallion, Star, Stork, Uni, Venus, and many others.

The "Sleaze" folder includes images from the following publishers:

Allstar, Beacon, Bedside, Boudoir, Brandon House, Broadway, Chariot, Chicago House, Companion, Dollar, Domino, Ember Library, Fabian, France, Gaslight, Greenleaf Classics, Idle Hour, Imperial, Kozy, Lancer, Leisure, MacFadden, Magnet, Mercury, Merit, Midwood, Newsstand Library, Nightstand, Novel Books, PEC, Pike, Pillow, Playtime, Saber, Softcover Library, Stanley, Sundown, and many others.

The "Special Groups" folder includes books from the following:

Fredric Brown, John Dickson Carr, Erle Stanley Gardner, Brett Halliday, Rex Stout, Frank Kane, M.E. Chaber, Harry Whittington, and ... The Rarest Genre.

"Reference"

provides a link to the 1,000+ volume BookScans Reference Library.

This page was updated June, 2010