paperback
noun
adjective
Origin of paperback
Related Words for paperback
story, yarn, fiction, tale, narrative, prose, paperback, novella, essay, album, novel, publication, dictionary, pamphlet, text, work, manual, textbook, volume, editionExamples from the Web for paperback
Contemporary Examples of paperback
Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
On the back cover of the first paperback edition we get a glimpse of the media buzz.
Knopf has sold more than 400,000 copies, and the book has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback.
LaBrava won the Edgar award in 1984; the paperback rights went for $360,000—his first big score with the publishers.
Historical Examples of paperback
This book is available in both a hardcover and paperback edition.
The Loom of YouthAlec Waugh
He realized that the kid had a paperback book stuck in the waistband of his bangbanger shorts, which was unusual.
MakersCory Doctorow
Since 1946 he has been editor of a publishing house specializing in paperback books.
The Secret of the Ninth PlanetDonald Allen Wollheim