folios

noun

plural of folio
as in quartos

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  1. paperbacks
  2. books
  3. manuals
Noun
  • Adult hardcovers will be $1, paperbacks are two for $1, and youth books are four for $1.
    — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Shelves are stocked with everything from children’s books and paperbacks to rare finds, priced at $2 for Step Into Reading children’s books, $4 for paperbacks and other children’s books, $8 for hardcovers at $8 and rare books individually priced.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of paperbacks
Noun
  • The bookshelf in our king-bedroom suite featured a variety of titles - from coffee table books chronicling early twentieth-century Miami to art history books to beachy novels.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Highlights Press, the book publishing program of Highlights for Children, is now a top-20 children’s publisher and routinely publishes activity books, craft books and learning workbooks.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • Braun writes that popular volumes included Bibles, farming and health manuals, biographies, and fiction.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The environmental groups also asked for copies of user manuals provided to EPA staff as well as predeployment monitoring records for the AI tools.
    — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of manuals
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