Definition of Paperbacks

1. Noun. (plural of paperback) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paperbacks

1. paperback [n] - See also: paperback

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paperbacks

paper tapes
paper thin
paper ticket
paper tiger
paper tigers
paper towel
paper toweling
paper towels
paper trail
paper trails
paper wasp
paper white
paperback
paperback book
paperbacked
paperbacks (current term)
paperbark
paperbark birch
paperbarks
paperboard
paperboards
paperbound
paperbounds
paperboy
paperboys
paperbush
paperchase
paperclip
paperclips
papercraft

Literary usage of Paperbacks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on by Steve Weber (2005)
"paperbacks. Mass market paperbacks are tempting to the beginning online seller because of their low purchase cost, and because they are lightweight and can ..."

2. The Paperback Art of James Atavi by Piet Schreuders, James Avati, Kenneth Fulton (2005)
"A Life in paperbacks A biographical sketch Before paperbacks JAMES SANTE AVATI was the only son of the portrait photographer Onorato Avati (1883-1928). ..."

3. Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts : the by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (1998)
"5, 1996) mass market paperbacks accounted for only 7.9% of gross book sales in 1993 and 5.7% in 1994. Of that, romance earned less than 3% ..."

4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"The damp in the basement had softened the cartons to cottage-cheese mush, and the back covers of the bottom layer of paperbacks were soft as felt. ..."

5. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature by Martha L. Brogan, Daphnée Rentfrow (2005)
"The collection contains hundreds of paperbacks from this period, and thousands from the 1950s and 1960s. Many of these never appeared in hardcover; ..."

6. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"Glasgow: Collins paperbacks. LUNDBERG, GA 1964. Foundations of sociology. New York: David McKay Co. ... Michigan: Ann Arbor paperbacks. MOUTON, J. 1980. ..."

7. A Life of Books: The Story of D.W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd., 1921-1987 by Joyce Nicholson, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe (2000)
"He wrote about such subjects as the new idea of backless windows, about the new phenomenon of paperbacks, about the battle between the new ballpoint pen and ..."

8. The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of ...by Sharon Harper by Sharon Harper (2000)
"Unwin paperbacks, London, UK. 127 pp. Ryan, WF 1998.The book that the World Bank wouldn't publish. Review of Herman Daly, Beyond growth: the economics of ..."

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