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Paperback vs Prebound - What's the difference?

paperback | prebound |

Prebound is a synonym of paperback.



As adjectives the difference between paperback and prebound

is that paperback is having flexible binding while prebound is denoting that a book has been rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback.

As a noun paperback

is a book with flexible binding.

paperback

English

(wikipedia paperback)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A book with flexible binding.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a book) Having flexible binding.

    • Synonyms

    * paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered

    See also

    * hardback

    prebound

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Denoting that a book has been rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback.

    • Synonyms

    *"library hardcover paperback".

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