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trade paperback
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A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
Other meanings
2. noun
A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
3. noun
A type of comic book primarily containing previously published material, traditionally in a periodical format, and bound together as one work, or part of a series itself.
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