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trade paperback

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Noun

  1. A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
  2. A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
  3. 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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