trade paperback

noun

A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.

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Meanings

nountrade paperback (plural trade paperbacks)

plural trade paperbacks

  1. mediaA softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
  2. mediaA paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
  3. comicsA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
trade edition
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APA

trade paperback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20paperback

MLA

“trade paperback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20paperback. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trade paperback,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20paperback.

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