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Paperback

A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, also known as wrappers, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardback (hardcover) books are bound with board covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic.

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Paperback

Nodes153
Edges152
Triples113
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013072
Components1

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Paperback

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related to Further reading · 22
Paperback → America, Canja, Collectible Paperback Books, Davis, East Lansing, Glenmoor Publishing, Hancer, Hancer's Price Guide, ISBN, Jeff, Kenneth, Kevin, Macmillan, MI, Paperback Books, Pennsylvania, Radnor, Second Edition, The Paperbacking, Third Edition
related to history · 22
Paperback → American Authors, Belfast, Bernhard Tauchnitz, British, British Isles, Collection, Lock, McIntyre, November, October, Reclam, Routledge, Shakespeare, Simms, Smith, Sons, The, The Continental, The Routledge's Railway Library, These
related to The 1950s: The paperback original (fiction) revolution · 17
Paperback → At, Books, Fawcett, Fawcett Publications' Gold Medal, It, Know About Marriage, Mentor, New American Library, Roscoe Kent Fawcett, Sex, Signet, That, The, The Best, To, True Magazine, What Today's Woman Should
related to The early years: 1930–1950 · 11
Paperback → Albatross, Albatross Books, Albatross's, Allen Lane, British, English-language, In, Penguin Books, The German, They, World War II
related to Mass-market · 9
Paperback → A-format, Mass-market, Neuromancer, The, They, This, United Kingdom, United States, William Gibson
related to Trade paperback · 9
Paperback → American, B-format, British, If, In, The, Trade, United States, Unlike
related to United States · 7
Paperback → Ace BooksAvonBaen BooksBallantine BooksBantamBerkley, BooksBelmont BooksBlack LibraryDAW BooksDell, BooksDover PublicationsFawcett/Gold MedalHarlequin EnterprisesHarperCollinsLancer, BooksMacmillan PublishersMidwood BooksPaperback LibraryPenguin, BooksPocket BooksPopular LibraryPyramid BooksRandom, Crime/Black LizardZebra Books, HouseScholastic CorporationTower PublicationsVintage BooksVintage
related to 1960s to present · 4
Paperback → Bantam Books, ID, In, The
related to B-format · 4
Paperback → B-format, In, The, This
related to External links · 4
Paperback → Bound Book, How, Literary Novels Going Straight, New York Times

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books paperbacks mass-market book publishers novels format new first also published pocket trade market one original editions fawcett paper fiction

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Paperbackrelated to 1960s to presentBantam Books0.60section
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Paperbackrelated to B-formatB-format0.60section
Paperbackrelated to B-formatThis0.60section
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Paperbackrelated to External linksHow0.60section
Paperbackrelated to External linksBound Book0.60section
Paperbackrelated to External linksLiterary Novels Going Straight0.60section

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