trade paperback

American  

noun

1. a softbound book that is usually larger and more expensive than a mass market paperback and is sold primarily in bookstores as a trade book.

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Example Sentences

Almost immediately, I was drawn to a modern trade paperback copy of Lorrie Moore’s “Self-Help.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

Power Up, collected this month in a trade paperback edition, is a funny, energetic all-ages adventure.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2016

He began his career at Dell, where he was involved in acquiring well-known titles for reprinting in the relatively new mass paperback and trade paperback formats.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2016

"The Walking Dead" remained popular among trade paperback and graphic novel sales, too, holding the top two spots among the top 10 as well as spots four through seven and nine.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2013

For instance, he promotes “Tales to Suffice,” a trade paperback collection of his self-published comic book series of “mind-blowing adequacy,” as “Quite possibly too much comic!”

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2012