paperback
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L339095 on Wikidata ↗noun
- book with a paper or paperboard cover, for trade paperback see Q990683
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ / /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/
adj
Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
- Having flexible binding.
noun
Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
- A book with flexible binding.
verb
Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
- 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.”