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• In an edition bound in stiff paper or flexible cardboard.

  ‘the novel is now available in paperback’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This set him off on the idea of publishing literature in paperback, making it available cheaply and widely.’
  • ‘This week's book review was published this year in paperback after its initial publication in hard cover last year.’
  • ‘First published in hardback in 2003, the book is now available in paperback.’
  • ‘Let's hope for a quicker-to-read, smaller and cheaper reprinting in paperback.’
  • ‘This book was published in hard back in November 1998 and is coming out in paperback in January 2000.’