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
There will be books of all kinds, hardcover, paperback, fiction and non-fiction.
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Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Dell Books published it as a 64-page paperback with a cover the exact shade of pink of a can of Tab diet soda.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The final quarter of this paperback is about how deeply the Beats affected Fratzke as a young writer.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 14 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
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Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Dell Books published it as a 64-page paperback with a cover the exact shade of pink of a can of Tab diet soda.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The final quarter of this paperback is about how deeply the Beats affected Fratzke as a young writer.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 14 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paperback
Noun
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The Unfunny Bunny audiobook edition will debut alongside the hardcover edition in early 2026.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even the hardcover only got advance praise from Kirkus and PW.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Another surprise is the stealth-like performance of Regretting You, the adaptation of the Colleen Hoover book.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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Set on Christmas Eve, this adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's beloved 1985 children's book follows a young boy whose waning belief in Santa Claus is reinvigorated after hopping on a magical train to the North Pole.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paperback. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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