Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers

The title page was dated February 1947, and it was originally intended to appear every other month, like a magazine, but the schedule was rarely regular; each issue was delayed until the previous one had turned a profit.

At the end of 1947, Meyers reduced the quality of the paper stock used for the glossy cover, to save money, and changed the binding from perfect to saddle-stapled.

[8] Meyers responding by merging the two series into one, titled Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, edited by Sol Cohen, but only two issues appeared, both in 1953.

He drew on magazine sources such as Weird Tales, All-Story, Astounding Science-Fiction, and Amazing Stories, but he also reprinted material that had previously only seen print in book form.

[11] Avon strived to bring readers little known stories by then little recognized writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Murray Leinster and William Hope Hodgson.