Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
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Dell Books published it as a 64-page paperback with a cover the exact shade of pink of a can of Tab diet soda.
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Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Publisher Berkley has gone back to press twice on the trade paperback since premiere week, and saw a 5,000 percent increase across all formats in year-over-year weekly sales following the show’s release, according to Christine Ball, evp & publisher.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
In one week following the show’s release, the publisher went back to press twice on the trade paperback and saw a +5,000% increase across all formats in the same one-week period year over year.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Read on for an exclusive bonus chapter from the paperback edition of The Favorites.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Publisher Berkley has gone back to press twice on the trade paperback since premiere week, and saw a 5,000 percent increase across all formats in year-over-year weekly sales following the show’s release, according to Christine Ball, evp & publisher.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
In one week following the show’s release, the publisher went back to press twice on the trade paperback and saw a +5,000% increase across all formats in the same one-week period year over year.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Read on for an exclusive bonus chapter from the paperback edition of The Favorites.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paperback
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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paperback
noun
pa·per·back
ˈpä-pər-ˌbak 
: a book with a flexible paper binding
paperback
adjective
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