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Softcover vs Paperback - What's the difference?

softcover | paperback |

As adjectives the difference between softcover and paperback

is that softcover is having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback while paperback is having flexible binding.

As nouns the difference between softcover and paperback

is that softcover is a book having such covers while paperback is a book with flexible binding.

softcover

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(-)
  • (publishing, of a book) Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 23, author=The Editors, title=Up Front, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=It gives more emphasis to the literary novels and short-story collections reviewed so often in our pages (and sometimes published only in softcover ). }}

    Synonyms

    * paperbound, softcovered

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (publishing) A book having such covers.
  • paperback

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book with flexible binding.
  • Adjective

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

    * paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered

    See also

    * hardback