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Do you mean the code that's on Github (like the installation instructions) and not in the paperback?

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Quick take

A book with flexible binding.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of paperback gathered in one view.

noun

A book with flexible binding.

verb

(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

adjective

(of a book) Having flexible binding.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paperback.

noun

A book with flexible binding.

See also: softback, paperbacked, soft-cover, bound

verb

(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

See also: softback, paperbacked, soft-cover, bound

adjective

(of a book) Having flexible binding.

See also: softback, paperbacked, soft-cover, bound

Example sentences

Do you mean the code that's on Github (like the installation instructions) and not in the paperback?

Many paperback books contain ads at the end for other books from the same publisher in the same genre.

This works well for ebooks (avoids errata), but is less convenient for readers of the paperback edition.

It's happening more and more with old paperback books, too, showing up as kindle books or collections on a dvd.

Why can't you just raise the price of the electronic version until the paperback comes out?

Is this really that much different from releasing the hard cover well before the paperback version?

You want _The_Hobbit_, do you pay $0.50 for a used & worn paperback, or first-edition copy for $200,000 (see recent news)?

Thanks, I bought the paperback for $30 on amazon, had no idea it was also available for free!

I read this book over and over again when I was a kid; my paperback copy is quite worn.

The phone can be a distraction, but so was my paperback copy of the Lord of the Rings when I was a kid.

You can buy an eBook or paperback on Amazon.

The paperback fees/revenues don't seem too promising...

Quote examples

My novel "Darwin's Theorem" (available on Amazon for a nominal price in e-book format, a less-nominal price in paperback) is published under a CC license but that doesn't mean anyone will read it.

Maybe you're confusing a "hardcover ebook" with a "mass-market paperback ebook".

This isn't "I'm cheap/poor, I'll wait for the paperback", this is "I physically can't display a hardcover on my Kindle, so I'll get something else."

The most intriguing part of the post was this comment: "You will read and learn more from a good $30 paperback book than dozens of free blogs." I'm really curious about this.