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Students were particularly drawn to what was called the paperback revolution, and other publishers followed Mr. Epstein’s lead, making literary classics and challenging new works widely available in softcovers.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Still, our families should be allowed to order us books – old ones, new ones, hardcovers, softcovers, so long as the content doesn’t promote violence or radical ideologies.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2018

So if e-book sales are growing exponentially, it seems fair to assume that paperback sales will plateau, dip, and eventually fail to justify the cost of printing them: So long, softcovers.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2013

The books are all brand-new hardcovers—no germy secondhand softcovers for me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon