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paperback

noun, adj, verb — 3 senses

paperback

noun

UK /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ · US /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/

Etymology From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.

1

A book with flexible binding.

Synonyms
pocketbook, livre de poche
Derived terms
paperbacker, trade paperback

paperback

adj

Etymology From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.

1

Of a book Having flexible binding.

Synonyms
paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered

paperback

verb

Etymology From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.

1

Media, Publishing To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

  • Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.2009, J. Adamson, Max Reinhardt: A Life in Publishing, page 71:
Related terms
hardback, pocketbook, softcover

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.