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Meanings of soft-cover book in English

Portuguese
brochura
Catalan
llibre de butxaca
Spanish
encuadernación en rústica

A book with paper covers.

      brochura
      Synonyms
      Examples for "paperback"
      Examples for "paperback"
      1
      The paperback version in South Africa is now in its second printing.
      The South African
      2
      To maintain profits hardcover houses have involved themselves directly in paperback publishing.
      The new yorker
      3
      A paperback collection of the best posts was published in March 2010.
      The Guardian
      4
      The Paperwhite is therefore the standard paperback to the Oasis's leather-bound edition.
      The Guardian
      5
      The Library of Congress has catalogued the Vintage trade paperback as follows:
      Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
      1
      The Birds of Britain and Europe by Heinsel, Fitter and Parslow is a Collins publication, softback.
      The Irish Times
      2
      All this comes back when a friend gives a Christmas present of a small, softback book Nature Trails, volume one, by Richard Williamson.
      The Irish Times
      3
      These Friar's Bush productions have been pictorial, mostly in small softbacks of about 80 pages; pictures and captions, and an introduction.
      The Irish Times
      1
      Elliot stood in the doorway, a paperback book in one hand.
      The Perfectionists
      2
      The waitress backed away to a corner and picked up a paperback book.
      Nothing to lose
      3
      The thing was a little bit bigger than a paperback book.
      End of Watch
      4
      David sat reading a paperback book of T. S. Eliot.
      Valis
      5
      Then I switch on the reading light, take out a paperback book, and start reading.
      Kafka on the Shore
      1
      They'll turn up the fellow's packsack or a paper-back book all swollen and bleached out by the rain or snow, or some such.
      Night Shift
      2
      Wilson bought an armful of magazines and a couple of paper-backed books.
      White Hunter, Black Heart
      3
      Mary took a paper-backed book from the table and came over to the fireplace.
      The Best British Short Stories of 1922
      4
      A small paper-backed book is now lying upon my desk.
      Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards
      1
      All this comes back when a friend gives a Christmas present of a small, softback book Nature Trails, volume one, by Richard Williamson.
      The Irish Times
      1
      Another was that women should wear velvet-covered steel collars and, something far nastier, a soft-covered collar with
      The Complete Jack the Ripper
      Translations for soft-cover book