Definition of "softcover" []

• Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The softcover is $35, and the hardcover is $49.95, each coming in at 640 pages."
• "Also, women seem to be more likely to be published in softcover than trade hardcover, which limits their critical exposure."
• "If I discover an author with a backlist I want to explore, and those older titles are now only available in softcover, I will buy used copies of the hardcovers."