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book with a paper or paperboard cover
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Summary

paperback is a print book format[1]. paperback draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (print_book_format category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • paperback's instance of is recorded as print book format[3].
  • paperback is a type of printed book[4].
  • paperback is part of softcover[5].
  • paperback's Commons category is recorded as Paperbacks (bookbinding)[6].
  • paperback is the opposite of hardcover[7].
  • paperback's edition or translation of is recorded as Q141447286[8].
  • paperback's topic's main category is recorded as Q10216064[9].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[12].
  • paperback's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Paperback[13].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as softcover[14].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as pocket edition[15].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as soft hardcover[16].
  • paperback's exact match is recorded as https://schema.org/Paperback[17].

Body

Publication

paperback is part of softcover[5].

Why It Matters

paperback draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (print_book_format category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] paperback has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] paperback is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition or translation of → Q141447286
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P629]]: [[Q141447286]]"
  2. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → paperbacks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: paperbacks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951557|paperbacks (#289951557)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Q10216064
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13669, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 20w ago · OBender12 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Q10216064
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → softcover, pocket edition, soft hardcover
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Blank book on a table.jpg"
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