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The phrase "a paperback" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a book that is bound in a flexible paper cover, typically lighter and less expensive than a hardcover book.
Example: "I prefer reading a paperback because it's easier to carry around."
Alternatives: "a softcover book" or "a paperbound edition".
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She picked up a paperback.
It was just a paperback.
Then a paperback.
It's a paperback.
There is talk of a paperback version.
His mother reads a paperback book.
"I'm going to call it a paperback".
Inside it he found a paperback thriller.
A paperback edition came out in 2013.
(It helps that it's a paperback original).
In 1999, "Term Limits" became a paperback best seller.
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