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The Beatles Book (also known as Beatles Book Monthly) was a fanzine dedicated to the English rock band the Beatles, founded in 1963. It was first published in August 1963 and continued for 77 editions until it stopped publication after the December 1969 edition. It was revived in 1976, and ceased publication in 2003. It was sort of the Beatles Bible of the time, since serious rock press did not exist. There was no internet, so if you wanted some pictures you had to buy them. I never had a subscription, but the cool local librarian kept copies available (probably to get teenagers to come in). There are high quality scans of the original 77 issues available on the Internet Archive. Just enter The Beatles Book Monthly in the search screen. They really are a great way to look back to when the Beatles were happening. The fan letters are really FAB.

Note, most of the books discussed on the forum are also available for check-out in one hour intervals. (membership is required which consists of email and password). To access these choose Advanced Search and enter The Beatles in the “Any Field” search screen. The owners of the Internet Archive believe a digital library should be governed by the same “fair use” laws as a regular library. To date there are 38 million books and 14 million audio recordings available Note – the  owners are being sued by most of the big publishing firms who disagree. Court cases are pending…

That’s cool Rube! I remember in the sixties there were always dog-eared copies kicking around. It always felt like they were the only available direct connection to the lads (besides the fan club communications). Btw-if anyone is thinking of purchasing the Postcards book, there is a copy available for check-out at the Internet Archive. I’m looking at it right now and it’s pretty amazing.