paperback
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We had only one battered paperback copy of “Brown Face, Big Master,” and though the book was secreted away, I found it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That starts with the title font’s most intentional resemblance to classic Stephen King paperback cover typography.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
"Then we'll buy the paperback when it comes out," she added.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
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
For much of the journey, the teenager has been reading a paperback copy of Anna Karenina for a class in Russian literature.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Each shelf is stocked with paperbacks like “Moby-Dick” and “The Bell Jar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She said their libraries mainly buy paperbacks due to the lower cost.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The English-language books that are selling abroad are generally cheap paperbacks, printed by American and British publishers as export editions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
A short distance away is a shelf of vintage mystery paperbacks that, when pressed in the correct spots, opens onto a kind of grotto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Those who weren’t sleeping rocked babies in their arms, read paperbacks, played cards, prayed.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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