Frank A. Munsey is credited with inventing the pulp-magazine format in 1896 when he changed the ArgosyΓÇÖs contents to include nothing but fiction. The traditional pulp magazine measured 10 inches by 7 inches, but came to be the term used for magazines printed on cheap paper manufactured from chemically treated wood pulp through a process developed in the early 1880ΓÇÖs. With its thick pages, pulp magazines were usually quite bulky. The cheaper paper and mass-distribution techniques allowed the early pulp magazines to attract more advertising; the cheaper prices in turn made these pulp magazines available to the general public. From a
