paperback
a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
(of a book) bound in a flexible paper cover: a paperback edition of Orwell's novel.
of, for, or pertaining to paperbacks: a paperback bookstore.
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Origin of paperback
1- Also softcover; pa·per·bound [pey-per-bound], /ˈpeɪ pərˌbaʊnd/, softbound (for defs. 1, 2).
- Compare hardcover.
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How to use paperback in a sentence
The paperback version of All We Can Save is published July 20.
The Climate Crisis Is a Call to Action. These 5 Steps Helped Me Figure Out How to Be of Use | Katharine Wilkinson | July 19, 2021 | TimeLast year, I covered how the rise in Millennial political engagement would shape the country in my book, The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For, which is out in paperback this week.
The 2020 Election Was a Breakthrough Moment For Young Voters | Charlotte Alter | May 18, 2021 | TimeLittle more than a flying camera with a minimum of storage, communication, power and movement, the sub-kilogram Unicorn-2 is about the size of a soda can, with paperback-size solar panel wings, and costs in the neighborhood of $10,000.
Alba Orbital’s mission to image the Earth every 15 minutes brings in $3.4M seed round | Devin Coldewey | May 13, 2021 | TechCrunchDespite its capacity, the XG is only about the size of a paperback book, which makes it easy to move around.
The most exciting new laptop tech coming in 2021 | Stan Horaczek | January 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHere’s one brief passage that we asked her to read — page 7 of the paperback if you want to follow along.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | Freakonomics
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.
Orphans is a true literary relic: a small shapely paperback that is tough to track down, thanks to a limited print run.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. | Steve Almond | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKnopf has sold more than 400,000 copies, and the book has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece | Scott Porch | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe present edition by the University Press of Virginia reproduces the 1957 one, but in convenient paperback form.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianSince 1946 he has been editor of a publishing house specializing in paperback books.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen WollheimHe realized that the kid had a paperback book stuck in the waistband of his bangbanger shorts, which was unusual.
Makers | Cory DoctorowThis book is available in both a hardcover and paperback edition.
The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for paperback
/ (ˈpeɪpəˌbæk) /
a book or edition with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply: Compare hardback
of or denoting a paperback or publication of paperbacks
to publish in paperback
Derived forms of paperback
- paperbacker, noun
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