paper book
paper book noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper, book.
Noun
paper book (plural paper books)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper, book.
- A document prepared in English legal practice containing a record or summary of the pleadings.
- A traditional hardback or softback book, as opposed to an e-book
- "Instead of cases of books moldering away in warehouses, your inventory consists of a single digital file, which any "bookmaking" machine can use to crank out a paper book."2002, Richard Curtis et al., How to get your e-book published: an insider's guide to the world of ...
- "The evidence strongly indicates that libraries and end users expect e-books to have the same functionalities of the paper book, and yet do much more."2003, Susan L.Gibbons et al., E-book Functionality: What Libraries and Their Patrons Want and ...
- A paperback book.
- Publishers of the paper books are uncertain whether their old reading public has tired of the motion picture or whether a new class of readers has arisen.1919, The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, volume 51, page 11
- Even more important to those promoting paper books was the stark fact that there were not enough book stores to produce an adequate volume of sales to sustain quarter books.1959, The Catholic Library World, volumes 29-30, page 464
Examples of paper book in a sentence
- "The link with the Internet disrupts the concentration that the paper book facilitates."2013, Joost Kircz et al., The Unbound Book:
- The ad—the first the department ran in more than three years—was inserted after the department had enlarged its space, using the additional area for paper books.1959, Stores, volume 41, page 34:
Forms of paper book
| plural | paper books |
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Questions about paper book
- What does paper book mean?
- Paper book means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paper, book.
- How do you use paper book in a sentence?
- "The link with the Internet disrupts the concentration that the paper book facilitates."
- What part of speech is paper book?
- Paper book is a noun.
- What is the plural of paper book?
- The plural of paper book is paper books.
Words near paper book in the dictionary
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