Pamphlet
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | A '''pamphlet''' is an unbound small book that may consist of a single sheet of [[paper]] that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a '''leaflet'''), or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. [[UNESCO]] requires a publication (other than a [[periodical]]) to have 'at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages' to count as a pamphlet; a longer item is a [[book]]. |
| + | Pamphlets can contain anything from information on kitchen appliances to medical information and religious treatises. Pamphlets are very important in [[marketing]] as they are cheap to produce and can be distributed easily to customers. Pamphlets have also long been an important tool of political [[protest]] and [[political campaign]]ing for similar reasons. | ||
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A pamphlet is an unbound small book that may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a leaflet), or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. UNESCO requires a publication (other than a periodical) to have 'at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages' to count as a pamphlet; a longer item is a book.
Pamphlets can contain anything from information on kitchen appliances to medical information and religious treatises. Pamphlets are very important in marketing as they are cheap to produce and can be distributed easily to customers. Pamphlets have also long been an important tool of political protest and political campaigning for similar reasons.
Pamphleteers
A pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets: for example in order to get people to vote for their favourite politician or to articulate a particular political ideology.
A famous pamphleteer of the American Revolutionary War was Thomas Paine. Another famous paphleteer was Witte the With. Today a pamphleteer might communicate his missives by way of weblog, but before the advent of telecommunications, those with access to a printing press and a supply of paper used the pamphlet as a means of mass communications outside of newspapers or full-fledged books.
