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mass-market paperback

American  

noun

  1. a relatively inexpensive paperbound book, typically measuring about 4½ × 7 inches (11 × 18 centimeters), that is distributed on newsstands, in supermarkets, etc., as well as in bookstores.


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But what Putnam’s was really after was lucrative Ace Books, Grosset and Dunlap’s mass-market paperback division.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

It was a hefty mass-market paperback, its gray and brown cover evoking a geological formation, its thin pages fanned at the corner from heavy use.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2023

A mass-market paperback shows Lutie decked out in a turtleneck, trench coat and leggings.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2019

The 48-year-old mass-market paperback is, fittingly, rather sullied, with a slightly off odor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019

Signet, which publishes the mass-market paperback edition of “1984,” is reprinting 200,000 more copies of the book, and another 100,000 copies of “Animal Farm.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2017

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