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paperback

Summary

paperback is a print book format[1]. paperback draws 1,293 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 topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paperbacks[8].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[10].
  • paperback's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[11].
  • paperback's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Paperback[12].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as softcover[13].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as pocket edition[14].
  • paperback's different from is recorded as soft hardcover[15].
  • paperback's exact match is recorded as https://schema.org/Paperback[16].

Body

Publication

paperback is part of softcover[5].

Why It Matters

paperback draws 1,293 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.[17] paperback is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_paperback_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{paperback}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/paperback}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Paperbacks
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13669, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 6d ago · OBender12 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Paperbacks
    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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