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
• That was the myth of Belle Starr, as presented in the pulp paperbacks of the era..
  — Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• 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
• That’s a discount of $17 on the hardcover and about $10 off the paperback.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 15 May 2023
• The book is listed as $16.95 for paperback on amazon.com.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The revised paperbacks will be released in April to mark 70 years since the printing of Casino Royale.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2023
• The paperbacks were intended to help soldiers pass the time.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• The 721-page book is available on paperback and Kindle.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
• This ultra-slim device features a display that’s about the size of a small paperback and is designed to look like the page of a book.
  — Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
• In 1939, the three partners joined Robert de Graff to launch Pocket Books, a mass-market paperback line.
  — Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 8 Feb. 2023
• The padded laptop sleeve fits my 13-inch computer as well as my 11-inch iPad and even a paperback book.
  — Kristi Kellogg, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2022
• The roots of the romance novel cover lie in the growing paperback industry of the 1940s.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Feb. 2023
• Most pulps and paperbacks sold for only a dollar or two.
  — Joe Kloc, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• Most recently it’s been at or near the top of the paperback nonfiction list since April 2023.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• Her most recent book, Playlist for the Apocalypse, is now out in paperback.
  — Rita Dove, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2023
• Some previous owner put a hole in that foundation about the size of a paperback book to run some wiring.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 25 Dec. 2022
• This was a mass-market paperback from over twenty years ago.
  — Jason Guriel, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
• The news became public on May 3 when Mr. O’Sullivan’s book was issued in paperback.
  — New York Times, 10 May 2022
• Cute little Easter egg in the form of the paperback novels next to the kidnapper/killer’s laptop.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2021
• Then it is handled in a casual, slapdash way, like a paperback that slipped off a shelf.
  — Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 22 July 2021
• And for her, only the mammoth volume will do, in all its heavy paperback glory.
  — Kristen Hartke, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• The magazine came 10 times a year in the form of a small paperback book, similar to Reader’s Digest.
  — Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• Also available in paperback ($38) and as an e-book ($28).
  — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• For example, some people will buy only crisp, new trade paperbacks and wouldn’t touch a used book on a bet.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024