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
On Amazon, the paperback is going for $32, and the hardcover is available for $22.86.
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Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Best E-reader Amazon Kindle (2024) $110 at Amazon Nothing is more decadent for a beach day than a good book, but packing paperbacks or hardbacks just isn’t practical for me.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Her journey with the genre started, like many others, with Harlequin trade paperbacks.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 May 2025
During the war, the U.S. military printed more than a million tiny paperback books for men to carry into battle, called Armed Services Editions.
—Martha Hall Kelly, People.com, 16 May 2025
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Caché McClay, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Best E-reader Amazon Kindle (2024) $110 at Amazon Nothing is more decadent for a beach day than a good book, but packing paperbacks or hardbacks just isn’t practical for me.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Her journey with the genre started, like many others, with Harlequin trade paperbacks.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 May 2025
During the war, the U.S. military printed more than a million tiny paperback books for men to carry into battle, called Armed Services Editions.
—Martha Hall Kelly, People.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paperback
book
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From dropping chart-topping solo singles to racking up awards from around the world, alongside new projects like his own photo book, unexpected duets, and charity donations, V’s military service period still managed to be a springboard for creativity and generosity.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The sheer Jewishness of Thalberg, Mayer, and the other studio heads is a subject that has been much turned over; Turan, writing a book for a series on Jewish lives, naturally puts it front and center.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paperback. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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