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Noun
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When Catalina goes into the kitchen to refill her calabash, Frances grabs the box of Thompson paperbacks and makes a run for Ray at the restaurant.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025 -
There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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There will be books of all kinds, hardcover, paperback, fiction and non-fiction.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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The new hardcover coffee table book features 304 pages of iconic fashion photography, ranging from elaborate studio setups and lush location shoots to more intimate moments between only Demarchelier and his subjects.—
Tim Chan,
Footwear News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Head over to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the top entries at $70.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).—
Jessica Wapner,
Scientific American,
16 Nov. 2020
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As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.—
Fred Turner,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
Noun
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The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Concurrent with the compound complexity of contemporary cars, most have become mind-numbing thick-as-a-brick tomes.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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On the heels of last year’s tome dedicated to the Submariner, the watch maker has once again teamed up with the publisher Wallpaper to offer an inside look at the coveted model, the brand’s most recognizable.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Softback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softback. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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