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Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
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The book will be available in paperback ($18) and hardcover ($30).
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Bargains in fiction with paperbacks for $1 and hardbacks from $2.50 to $4.
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All genres of hardcover and paperback books as well as magazines will be accepted.
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For years now my most reliable beach reading has been Ross Macdonald and Barbara Pym, in old paperbacks which are only improved by salt air and potato-chip-greasy fingers.
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The book will be published in hardcover by Knopf in 2003, and by Vintage Books in trade paperback in 2004.
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First Known Use of paperback
1843
PAPERBACK Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of paperback for English Language Learners
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: a book that has a thick paper cover
PAPERBACK Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of paperback for Students
: a book with a flexible paper binding
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