trade paperback

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.

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

I unfortunately no longer have that shabby trade paperback copy with the medicine cabinet on its cover, but it has been replaced by a first edition hardcover.

From Los Angeles Times

What neither of us imagined was that the glossy trade paperback with its attractively minimalist black-and-white cover would act as the catalyst for my entire professional life.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

I unfortunately no longer have that shabby trade paperback copy with the medicine cabinet on its cover, but it has been replaced by a first edition hardcover.

From Los Angeles Times