Patent ID: 8851279

Claim:
A publication package comprising: a selected publication having pages which join along a spine, the pages having four pages edges around their periphery, an outer package container, formed of clear material in a generally tubular shape, with top end and bottom end, a first generally flat side, and a second generally flat side, a generally flat backing having a front side and a back side, and four backing edges around its periphery, the generally flat backing formed of resilient material rigid enough to resist folding, the generally flat backing having a length approximately as long as the outer package container, the generally flat backing having a width approximately as wide as the pages of the selected publication, the generally flat backing is affixed to the second generally flat side of the outer package container, the selected publication is positioned on the generally flat backing so that the four publication page edges are approximately aligned to the corresponding four backing edges, and the publication spine is situated next to the second generally flat side of the outer package container, a covering means which encloses the selected publication, the outer package container, and the generally flat backing.