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1. With the only significance differences between hardcover books and their paperback equivalents these days being the binding and price, holding out for the paperback edition can be worth the wait. That’s certainly true of the newly released paperback “Motown: The Sound of Young America” (Thames & Hudson) by music writer Adam White. It’s a beautifully illustrated, 400-page book that documents the history of the iconic record label, the lives of the artists who recorded for it, and the era that produced them.