Softcover

Origin

soft + cover

Full definition of softcover

Adjective

1. (publishing, of a book) Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback.
• 2007, September 23, The Editors, Up Front, It gives more emphasis to the literary novels and short-story collections reviewed so often in our pages (and sometimes published only in softcover).

Synonyms

• paperbound, softcovered

Noun

1. (publishing) A book having such covers.