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A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding). It 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. In order to count as a pamphlet, UNESCO requires a publication (other than a periodical) to have 'at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages'; 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.

The storage of individual pamphlets requires special consideration because they can be easily crushed or torn when shelved alongside hardcover books. For this reason, they should either be kept in file folders in a file cabinet, or kept in boxes that have approximately the dimensions of a hardcover book and placed vertically on a shelf.

Etymology

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The word pamphlet for a small work (opuscule) issued by itself without covers came into Middle English ca 1387 as pamphilet or panflet, generalized from a twelfth-century amatory comic poem with a satiric flavor, Pamphilus, seu de Amore ("Pamphilus: or, Concerning Love"), written in Latin [1]). Pamphilus's name was derived from Greek, meaning "loved by all". The poem was popular and widely copied and circulated on its own, forming a slim codex.

Its modern connotations of a tract concerning a contemporary issue was a product of the heated arguments leading to the English Civil War; this sense appeared in 1642.[2] In some European languages other than English, this secondary connotation, of a disputaceous tract, has come to the fore.

Notes

1. ^ OED s.v. "pamphlet".
2. ^ On-line Etymology Dictionary.

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UNESCO definition

Note to translators

In German or in French, the word pamphlet often has negative connotations of slanderous libel or extremist religious propaganda, and should not be literally translated to or from English. Correct translations include "Flugblatt" and "Wurfschrift" in German, and "Fascicule" in French. In Russian, the word "pamflet" ("памфлет") is also normally used to denote a work of propaganda and/or satire and does not directly describe the form of publication at all, so it is best translated as "brochure" ("брошюра").

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Org type: Specialized Agency
Acronyms: UNESCO
Head: Director General of UNESCO
Koïchiro Matsuura
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A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather).
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Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066
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codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover.
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The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651.
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language.
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Airborne leaflet propaganda is a form of psychological warfare that militaries use in foreign conflict to alter the behavior of people in enemy-controlled territory. Airplanes have been instrumental in the deliverance of leaflets over enemy territories.
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A brochure or pamphlet is a leaflet advertisement. Brochures may advertise locations, events, hotels, products, services, etc. They are usually succinct in language and eye-catching in design.
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