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trade paperbacks

trade paperbacks is the plural of trade paperback.

Meaning of trade paperback

Noun

trade paperback (plural trade paperbacks)

  1. A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
  2. A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
  3. A type of comic book primarily containing previously published material, traditionally in a periodical format, and bound together as one work, or part of a series itself.

Questions about trade paperbacks

What is trade paperbacks the plural of?
Trade paperbacks is the plural of trade paperback.

Words near trade paperbacks in the dictionary

  1. trade newspapers
  2. trade off
  3. trade paint
  4. trade paper
  5. trade paperback
  6. trade paperbacks
  7. trade papers
  8. trade places
  9. trade plate
  10. trade press
  11. trade route

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