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Recent Examples of softcover After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail. — Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025 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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Also included is a 120-page hardcover book containing photographs by Cognito documenting the creation and promotion of the original album, along with lyric excerpts and handwritten notes from bey himself.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 22 June 2026
The Games Resemble Collector’s Books Similar to Hasbro's recent Monopoly Fourth Wing release, both editions of the game are packaged like hardcover novels with designs that mimic the book jackets of A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury.

— Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

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During intermission, people thumbed through the small paperback with its stars-and-stripes cover, afterwards, slipping it into their purses and pockets.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 10 July 2026
Genre has been a dominant publishing force since at least the nineteenth century, with pulp magazines and serialized paperbacks providing mass entertainment for readers of almost any age and demographic.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

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