paperback
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpərˌbæk/
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libro de bolsillo
- Each student has a small exercise book and a soft-bound paperback book of readings in front of him/her.
- published in paperback
- cheap paperbacks
- cover of the paperback
It's on Amazon or paperback or whichever you fancy.
- It's on Amazon or paperback or whichever you fancy.
- Now paperbacks are often half of what the hardcover was.
- It's in hard, it's in paperback, it's in e-book and it's on an audio all on Amazon.
- Now his book is available in paperback, hardback, Kindle, but then more importantly, Audible.
- Yeah, someone might throw, like, a book of poems on stage for me to read, but that's about, you know, it'll be a small paperback that will bounce off my head.
- The other thing with their Createspace program is the paperback and the e-book, the Kindle are approved independently.
Examples
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You can find the paperback edition of that bestseller on sale this week.
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Survey participants were asked to indicate the range of paperback book club participation in their schools.
Academic text (1991) -
Well, wait for the paperback, and you can get it.
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In the 1970s, picture books first became available in paperback, making them less expensive to own.
Academic text (2013) -
And you can get a paperback version of that called Letters from a Stoic, which is also very, very good.
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I've just come out with a paperback edition.
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On the arm of the chair, Paul's seat, a fat paperback lay open.
Fiction book (1996) -
A mass of scattered clothes, magazines, and paperback books surrounded the wall unit, covering about half the carpet.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now paperbacks are often half of what the hardcover was.
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She's the author of Mao's America a Survivor's Warning, which is out in paperback next week.
Synonyms
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A book with a soft paper cover instead of a hard cover
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A book with thin, flexible paper on the outside rather than a hard cover
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A book with a flexible paper cover, not a hardback
A book with a flexible paper cover instead of a hard cover
A book with a thin paper cover rather than a hard cover
A book with a soft paper cover instead of a hard cover
Antonyms
Compounds
How Durable
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Morphology
Etymology
Paperback comes from the simple parts paper and back, literally 'paper' and 'back', because the book's back cover was made of paper instead of a hard one. So a paperback is a book with a flexible paper cover.