How to Use paperback in a Sentence

paperback

noun

• The book is sold only in paperback.
• The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
• Now the cards made a block about the size of a thick paperback book.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2024
• And the paperback version is still there — for the 287th week.
  — Amy Chozick, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• That was the myth of Belle Starr, as presented in the pulp paperbacks of the era..
  — Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible is out now in paperback.
  — Chanan Tigay, GQ, 12 June 2018
• The book, available in paperback and online, is set in the mid-1600s.
  — Steven Goode, courant.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• Read all about it in Andy’s book Tracers in the Dark, which is now out in paperback.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2024
• Other than the paperbacks, there’s not much else to it.
  — Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• The next year, the paperback showed a girl running in the grass with zero gerbils.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
• That’s a discount of $17 on the hardcover and about $10 off the paperback.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 15 May 2023
• Tickets are $30-$35 each and includes a paperback copy of the book.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 13 Oct. 2017
• The paperbacks are printed with cheap bindings and sell for as much as $20 a copy.
  — Michael Forsythe and Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2016
• The book is listed as $16.95 for paperback on amazon.com.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Now, piles of paperbacks and hardcovers stacked 15-high on the floor threaten to crush the cat.
  — Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
• Sign up for one of the book clubs or start your own and get 10% off paperbacks and 20% off hardcover books.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
• Joyce Maynard’s latest book, The Best of Us, is out in paperback this month.
  — Joyce Maynard, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2018
• In 1972, a paperback book was one of the best ways to lose yourself for a few hours in an imaginary realm.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2021
• Want to pick up a stack of recent paperbacks — from inside a boat?
  — Michael Hingston, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• The paperback contains a new chapter, bringing the book up to date.
  — Moira MacDonald, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• My book was released in paperback during the fall of 2019.
  — Robert W. Snyder, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
• Lying on the sofa and reading paperbacks (which seemed to me like a great way to ease into the rest of one’s life).
  — David Ekerdt, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2018
• Sunday is a great day to get bargains on comics and trade paperbacks.
  — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• The books must be paperback, be black and white inside and be in good condition.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
• Amazon customers will have to wait till Nov. 16 just to get a paperback copy.
  — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
• Books are priced $2 for hardbacks and $1 for paperbacks.
  — The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2017
• Books prices are $2 for hardbacks and $1 for paperbacks.
  — Kate Talerico, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2018
• Orion said the new plan is to print hardcover books for the backers and sell paperback books to the public for $12.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• The book will be re-released this November in paperback.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
• As Prince Harry's groundbreaking memoir Spare hits shelves in paperback, here's a look at the special dedication that shaped the book.
  — Janine Henni, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025