noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hardback/paperback edition
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The paperback edition costs £7.99.
mass-market paperback/novel/film etc
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a mass-market paperback priced at $8.99
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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Most important historical books are available in paperback and will repay constant reference.
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Francis Beckett's highly praised biography is now available in paperback for the first time.
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The book, available in paperback and limited edition hardback, is published by Xanadu on September 16.
new
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After the war, he negotiated Hodder's investment in the new paperback series, Pan Books.
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They were covered with ugly new paperback books and piles of papers.
■ NOUN
book
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They are often cheap-looking paperback books , usually in series with names like Sweet dreams, Teens, Couples, and Plus.
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They wrote long, bestselling paperback books about them.
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They were covered with ugly new paperback books and piles of papers.
edition
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The works of Morton Smith and Elaine Pagels have all been released in quality paperback editions .
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The present volume is the paperback edition of a book which first appeared in 1990.
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Geraci was sitting at his desk, a paperback edition of the Penal Code open in front of him.
trade
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A.. We are going to start a trade paperback line in the spring of 1997.
■ VERB
buy
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Ask friends what's worked for them or buy a paperback that offers a realistic diet and know you can keep to.
publish
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It was published in paperback by Aris Books in 1986 and is still sometimes available in used book stores.
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Movie rights have been sold, and Vintage Books just paid six figures to publish the paperback .
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Shooting a film is more risky than publishing a paperback .
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His most recent novel, Painted Lives, will be published in paperback in December.
read
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There are office girls reading paperbacks .
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Just because she's read some trashy paperback she thinks she's some kind of expert on the modusoperandi.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The two books you need for the regular assignment are both inexpensive and in paperback .
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Usually the hardback comes out first and the paperback comes out after.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If, as I hope, the book is soon reissued in paperback , the author might consider three small improvements.
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Most important historical books are available in paperback and will repay constant reference.
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Or do they zero in on the contemporary paperbacks?
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Replace those paperbacks and forgotten bestsellers with leather-bound classics!
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Tested against the touchstone of Scripture, his speculations would reduce the Bible to the size of a slim paperback .
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The novel, published by Simon and Schuster, tops the best-seller list for paperbacks.
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The older works listed first are still widely read and most are generally available in both hardcover and paperback .
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This original paperback includes stories, essays and poems that celebrate motherhood.