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paperback

[ pey-per-bak ]

noun

  1. a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.


adjective

  1. (of a book) bound in a flexible paper cover:

    a paperback edition of Orwell's novel.

  2. of, for, or pertaining to paperbacks:

    a paperback bookstore.

paperback

/ ˈ±è±ðɪ±èəˌ²úæ°ì /

noun

  1. a book or edition with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply Compare hardback
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or denoting a paperback or publication of paperbacks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to publish in paperback
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è²¹±è±ð°ùËŒ²ú²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of paperback1

First recorded in 1895–1900; paper + back 1
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Publisher Puffin and Sheen will give £1 from the sale of each hardback copy and 50p from the sale of each paperback copy of the book in the UK and Ireland to Shelter.

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He gently pried loose a tile the size of a paperback book and wiped his hand across the dusty surface.

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The Illustrated Mum is Wilson's second-highest-selling children's novel in paperback in the UK, according to publisher Penguin Random House, topped only by her children's classic Tracy Beaker.

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A braille copy of “James and the Giant Peach†like the one Grayson lost weighs 2½ pounds and costs three times what a paperback does.

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It got republished as a mass market paperback and sold nearly a million copies.

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