How do you use Paperback in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like book or bound, plus the exact meaning.
Paperback meaning
A book with flexible binding.
Synonyms of Paperback
Using Paperback
- The main meaning on this page is: A book with flexible binding.
- Useful related words include: paperbacked, book, soft-cover, soft-cover book.
- In the example corpus, paperback often appears in combinations such as: in paperback, the paperback, paperback edition.
Context around Paperback
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paperback
- In this selection, "paperback" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trade, market, unauthorized, edition, editions and page stand out and add context to how "paperback" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1999 trade paperback and hardcover and 2009 trade paperback from dial. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paperback" sits close to words such as agro, apnu and appoints, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paperback
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The fat turquoise paperback pig weighed as much as Gus, my Dachshund. (12 words)
The Apartment Upstairs by Lesley Kara is out now in paperback (Penguin, £8. (13 words)
You can still buy the ebook for $4.99, or the paperback for $13. (14 words)
The entire series was collected in a trade paperback and published by Eddie Campbell Comics in 1999; trade paperback and hardcover versions are now published by Top Shelf Productions in the USA and Knockabout Comics in the UK. (38 words)
The two issued both hardcover and paperback editions of the series during their tenure as publishers, while at the same time Scholastic, Inc. produced paperback versions for sale primarily through direct mail order, book clubs, and book fairs. (38 words)
It was published as a paperback six years later, in 2007, and has since spawned three sequels: This Book Is Full of SpidersWhat the Hell Did I Just ReadIf This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Books in the series All paperback page totals given are for the most widely available mass-market paperback editions.
It did, however, earn Bester a fair amount of money from the sale of the paperback reprint rights (the book appeared in paperback as The Rat Race).
The entire series was collected in a trade paperback and published by Eddie Campbell Comics in 1999; trade paperback and hardcover versions are now published by Top Shelf Productions in the USA and Knockabout Comics in the UK.
Then Wollheim changed everything when he brought out an unauthorized paperback edition of J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings in three volumes — the first mass-market paperback edition of Tolkien's epic.
The two issued both hardcover and paperback editions of the series during their tenure as publishers, while at the same time Scholastic, Inc. produced paperback versions for sale primarily through direct mail order, book clubs, and book fairs.
Come the fourth-wall-breaking conclusion, a detective paperback literally saves a life which serves as an excellent book-end.
ComingSoon Senior Editor Spencer Legacy spoke with actor, writer, and creator David Dastmalchian about the upcoming second trade paperback collection, Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter.
He also wrote paperback novels and even a few hardcovers, mostly westerns and fantasies, some under the pen names Jay Scotland and Alan Payne.
In contrast with the measured tone, the paperback included gruesome crime scene photographs, which not only drove home the horror but also guaranteed a yearlong spot on bestseller lists.
It was published as a paperback six years later, in 2007, and has since spawned three sequels: This Book Is Full of SpidersWhat the Hell Did I Just ReadIf This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe.
The Apartment Upstairs by Lesley Kara is out now in paperback (Penguin, £8.
The fat turquoise paperback pig weighed as much as Gus, my Dachshund.
The paperback edition of Black Reconstruction—though designed to be released at the time of the March on Washington—also corresponded to Du Bois’s death in 1963.
The war on Wolverhampton’s Subway Army is revealed in ‘Hunting the Hooligans’ by Mike Layton and Robert Endeacott, priced £6.50 paperback.
Too Much Too Young will be published by White Rabbit on October 19 2023 in hardback, trade paperback, audio and ebook.
We didn't set out to be a print paperback-only company where we're just printing materials and trying to compete with Dark Horse.
You can still buy the ebook for $4.99, or the paperback for $13.
A 2009 trade paperback from Dial Press, or perhaps a sore winner’s recycling bin.
A paperback version of Prince Harry's memoir will soon be available in the shops, but a key move by the Prince shows tensions still persist within his family.
Back in more innocent times, most people would only cart around a tattered paperback and their wallet on holiday.
Common combinations with paperback
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in paperback 24×
- the paperback 23×
- paperback edition 23×
- trade paperback 16×
- paperback version 9×
- paperback and 8×
- paperback editions 6×
- and paperback 5×
- paperback is 5×
- of paperback 4×