Book
Book noun - A set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction.
Usage example: I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it
Paperback is a synonym for book in work topic. In some cases you can use "Paperback" instead a noun "Book", when it comes to topics like published document. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The book was also a finalist for the National Book Awards for Fiction in 1979 and its first paperback edition won the Award the following year.
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Much to McCrumb's chagrin, the first paperback edition of the book looked remarkably similar to how she described the fictional book's cover.
Source: Contemptible Cover - When the book was first published, The Irish Times' review of it called it "a work of unparalleled depravity." The paperback edition gleefully used this as a cover blurb.
Source: Literature / The Wasp Factory
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