Thesaurus results for TRADE BOOK

trade book

noun

as in pocket book

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Recent Examples of trade book To friends and strangers alike, our unusual authorly posture—two spouses, both with academic backgrounds but neither presently working in academia, teaming up to write a trade book on a literary subject—is a source of bemusement. —

Literary Hub, 2 June 2026 The increase in viewership is complemented by the rise of manga – the comics on which most anime are based – to become the category leader in North American comics publishing, vastly outselling superheroes and other genres in the trade book channel and, increasingly, in comic book stores. —

Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 The German firm Bertelsmann, for instance, has expanded to become the world’s largest publisher of trade books (via Penguin Random House) through purchasing controlling stakes of other publishing companies throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Australasia. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026 There were no libraries yet so people might trade books. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 During his tenure, the company’s trade book division won at least a half-dozen Pulitzer Prizes. —

Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 June 2023 Three-quarters of trade book revenue last year derived from hardcover and paperback sales, according to the Association of American Publishers. —

Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022

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Noun

Later this month, a trade edition of the monograph will be released with a new essay by Tyrnauer.

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022
All told, the book is 504 pages, and the trade edition weighs a hefty 15 lbs.

— Raisa Bruner, Time, 14 Oct. 2019