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softback

American  
[sawft-bak, soft-] / ˈsɔftˌbæk, ˌsɒft- /

noun

  1. paperback.


Etymology

Origin of softback

First recorded in 1965–70; soft + back 1

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In the drugstores, however, Jones's paperbacks have sold 5,000,000 copies, and Delacorte Press, hardcover subsidiary of Dell softback publishers, decided to give ex-Private Jones a promotion.

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