trade paperback

== English == === Noun === trade paperback (plural trade paperbacks) (publishing) A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover. (publishing) A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction. (comics) 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.