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plural paperbacks
A book with flexible binding. examples
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(of a book) Having flexible binding. examples
third-person singular simple present paperbacks, present participle paperbacking, simple past and past participle paperbacked
(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition. quotations examples
Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.
2009, J. Adamson, Max Reinhardt: A Life in Publishing, page 71