paperback

noun

1. A book with flexible binding.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having flexible binding.

verb

1. (transitive)To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

   “Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.”