as in hardcover
a published work that has a thick paper cover
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
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Recent Examples of paperback
Joe, lover of all things romantic, is not interested in romance as a genre — lowbrow, centered on female pleasure, exclusively published in paperback — but in romance as a chivalric gesture (women as conquests, men as heroes, all the books are leather-bound).
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
The e-book is available on Amazon Kindle for $8.99 and as a paperback on Amazon for $12.99.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The actor, 44, is celebrating the trade paperback release of his comic book series The Writer – written in collaboration with Ben and Max Berkowitz – with a golden ticket giveaway à la Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Lost City Books in Adams Morgan is throwing a spring sidewalk sale Saturday and Sunday with $2 paperbacks, $3 hardcovers and $5 oversized books.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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book
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Now, a new book, Murder in the Dollhouse by Rich Cohen, peels back the sparkling facade of the Dulos's life to unearth the origins and motivations of a crime that became a national obsession.—
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The movie only adapts part of Todd's fourth book before leaving fans hanging with a cliffhanger ending.—
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paperback. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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