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'''The Ballantine Publishing Group''', better known as '''Ballantine Books''', is a major American book [[publisher]] founded in 1952 by [[Ian Ballant ...roduction of Gold Medal [[paperback]] originals rather than reprints, Lion Books, Avon and Ace also began to do reprints. Then, in 1952, Ian Ballantine anno

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