How to Use paperback in a Sentence

paperback

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  • 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
  • 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
  • My book was released in paperback during the fall of 2019.
    — Robert W. Snyder, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
  • 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 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, 4 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • One was thin, yellow, dog-eared and stained, while the other was a pristine, thick white paperback perhaps four times the size of the other.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 8 June 2021
  • That's why the best films based on books often feel more like a companion piece than a true retelling of a best-selling paperback.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 19 May 2021
  • Her most recent book, Playlist for the Apocalypse, is now out in paperback.
    — Rita Dove, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2023
  • It's also sold on Amazon as a paperback and Kindle ebook, for just a few dimes less than the prices on Deluge's web site.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Some previous owner put a hole in that foundation about the size of a paperback book to run some wiring.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, 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
  • Or, if you’re headed for a longer wellness trip, this bag makes for the perfect carry-on tote, with plenty of room for your sunnies, toiletries, and paperback.
    — Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
  • Pansies comes out from Sourcebooks Casablanca on Nov. 5, in both e-book and paperback, and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024

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