softback
IPA: sˈɔftbæk
noun
- A softcover or paperback book.
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Examples of "softback" in Sentences
- Marg - I didn't realize that most books in Australia were softback!
- He could of course use his father's softback edition of Parliamentry Socialism in lieu of Andrex.
- I prefer hardcovers…but will not pass up a book with a softback because it will never be in hardcover.
- I like a softback when I can stash it in the pocket of cargo pants, for reading during odd, otherwise wasted time.
- A softback edition of a book that is sent to reviewers, potential blurb-givers, and other “opinion-makers” prior to publication of the book.
- "It's not hugely long and it's a softback – in these senses it doesn't quite look like a lot of other winners," said Davis, who announced Demick's win this evening.
- I am in Australia and was lucky enough to get what I consider the nicest cover, the pink one with tadpole in the pusher – softback as well which is apparantly unique to Australia.
- After all, I'm not a library, I don't need the book to last forever - just long enough to read a relatively few number of times (I happen to treat softback books well, so I can get 10+ readings out of them easily.)
- "It's not hugely long, and it's a softback? in these senses it doesn't quite look like a lot of other winners have looked," said the economist and presenter of Radio 4's Today programme, who announced Demick's win this evening.
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