paperback

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The paperback rights for her second book, 1978’s Love Signs, were sold for $2.5 million, establishing an industry record at the time.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

The device, roughly the size of a paperback book, produces small amounts of power by capturing energy released as these microorganisms break down organic material in dirt.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

“It ranges from like, something you’d read in your freshman year of philosophy to something that was a 1970s airport paperback thriller.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

It’s fitting, then, that the aesthetic has been adopted by Gen Z fiction writers like Honor Levy, whose paperback edition of “My First Book” includes girlish heart stickers on a hot pink background.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

There are only a half-dozen people in the car, their faces hidden behind the Globe, or looking down at paperback books, or staring straight through her, at nothing.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri