softcover

Etymology

From soft + cover.

softcover means Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

adj

Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback.“It gives more emphasis to the literary novels and short-story collections reviewed so often in our pages (and sometimes published only in softcover).”

noun

A book having such covers.