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Recent Examples of softcover
The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
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Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for softcover
Noun
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The hardcover graphic novel will follow the storyline of the episode, which is undoubtedly a fan favorite, having accrued over 10 million global views in its first week of streaming alone.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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Knowing that the film would be screened at the Toronto Film Festival in September last year, Kahler’s publisher pushed up her hardcover publication date.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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There had also been a tube of lip balm, a stick of mints, and a dog-eared paperback novel by Gabriel Matzneff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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The bar is stocked with wine and coffee, the walls are lined with books and the air is filled with the aroma of fresh paperbacks.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003-2010 by Stuart Maine (2025) Bitmap Books has a history of publishing rich and glossy hardback books about video games and Hurt Me Plenty is no different.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Twisted Comics is also offering collectible hardback editions of USS Callister as pre-orders on Kickstarter, along with chances to be drawn alongside Captain Daly and his crew, and collector editions with covers by artist Butcher Billy (aka Bill Elliott), whose work was seen in the episode.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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“Softcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softcover. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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