softback

noun

Definition of softbacknext
as in paperback

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  1. paperback
  2. hardback
  3. paperbound
  4. tome
Noun
  • Quicksilver will be re-released in paperback on December 3, 2024, and a deluxe hardcover will follow in Summer 2025.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
  • On October 22, the Duke of Sussex's memoir was released in paperback in the U.S., with the U.K. edition set to follow on October 24.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of paperback
Noun
  • The upcoming paperback edition, set for release on Nov. 12, will feature exclusive content not included in the original hardback.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Ideal as a Christmas or birthday gift or just as a way to inspire young minds, this large-format, full-colour hardback is a must-have for every child's bookshelf.
    The Week Junior, theweek, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of hardback
Noun
  • The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).
    Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2020
  • As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.
    Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of paperbound
Noun
  • And, as author Francesca Cartier Brickell points out in her tome The Cartiers, the name could have also been just a genius stroke of marketing.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In 2018, the Nordstrom family, which held about one-third of company stock at the tome, made a $50 per share offer for the company in partnership with private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of tome
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