paperback
noun
a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
softcover;
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a variation of
paperback.
Example Sentences
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The National Gallery of Art has just published them in “Poor Richard,” a softcover book designed like a graphic novel.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
You’ll have to wait a while for a paperback of the latter, but “Girl, Woman, Other” is out in softcover just this week.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2019
Her book, written by a teen-ager about teen-agers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was issued in hardcover by the Viking Press and then in softcover by Dell—both adult trade imprints.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2014
No independent bookstore could thrive on mass-market softcover sales.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2014
This new reproduction has all of the recipes from the original softcover edition, but is being reissued with the modern reader in mind.
From A Little Book for A Little Cook by L. P. Hubbard
