softcover

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I have not read “Crossroads” — the new one — because last time I asked it was not available in softcover, and I cannot have hardcovers.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2022

You’ll have to wait a while for a paperback of the latter, but “Girl, Woman, Other” is out in softcover just this week.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2019

Her book, written by a teen-ager about teen-agers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was issued in hardcover by the Viking Press and then in softcover by Dell—both adult trade imprints.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2014

But then Woolworth’s ordered 60,000 copies of each title, revenue spiked, and by the ’50s most other publishers had created their own spins on the softcover.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2013

This new reproduction has all of the recipes from the original softcover edition, but is being reissued with the modern reader in mind.

From A Little Book for A Little Cook by Hubbard, L. P.