trade paperback
English
Noun
trade paperback (plural trade paperbacks)
- A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
- A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
- (comic books) A type of comic book whose content primarily consists of previously published material, usually originally in a periodical format, and bound together as one work, or part of a series itself.