But by the 1990s advances in the publishing and distribution had allowed costs to go down and some publishers built instant publishing back into their plans. Publishers printed instant books in mass paperback in high quantity print runs that resulted in returns to the publisher after public interest waned in the topic.
By the late 1980s, the New York Times said that their high cost of production along with several failed Instant books caused publishers to back away from this process. Instant books have gone in and out of favor over the years. Operation Entebbe and IBM's introduction of its PCjr home computer also received instant books. Two San Francisco Chronicle journalists wrote a book on the Jonestown massacre in 11 days, publishing it three hours before a competing work. Bantam followed this book up with over 70 other instant books over the next couple of decades. One of the most successful instant books was the Warren Commission Report published in 1964 by Bantam Books, which by 1987 had over 1.7 million copies in print. Instant books were published on the Northeast blackout of 1965, the Moon landing, the Iran hostage crisis, and the murder of John Lennon. It was in the latter half of the 20th century that American publishers used Instant books more commonly as part of their publishing plan. Roosevelt and the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Pocket Books claims that they published the first instant book in 1945 after the death of President Franklin D. There were Instant books published and sold door-to-door about the Titanic shortly after the disaster in 1912. There are reports that the first instant book appeared after the Chicago fire of 1874. There are conflicting reports as to when the first instant book was published. The book generally has a very short lifespan once published-sales are expected to be high in the first few days and weeks and then drop off. Sometimes government documents or reports are published-they require little editing and are part of the public domain. Many of the scheduling and roadblocks in a publishing plan are put aside in order to get the book published as quickly as possible.
An Instant book is one that is written and published very quickly to capitalize on a current news event or figure. Normally when a book is published, it represents months of preparation and production-the production process takes from two months to a year. Instant book is a term used in publishing to describe a book that has been produced and published very quickly to meet market demand. Book that is written and published very quickly
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