Italian translation of "paperback" - "in brossura"

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230 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Italian
Subject:	Arts / Entertainment
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	paperback
Context:	a book cover
Keywords:	-

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229 months ago

wrote:

edizione tascabile

230 months ago

wrote:

copertina morbida

My comment:

"In brossura" indicates also paperback when the book's pages are sewed.

230 months ago

wrote:

in brossura

My comment:

or versione economica - but it is also used paperback - opposed to hard cover (copertina rigida)

My references:

zanichelli dictionary and many hits with google

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230 months ago

wrote:

BROSSURA: termine che deriva dal francese brochure, e in legatoria indica i volumi le cui copertine sono in semplice cartoncino (250, 300 gr/mq). Normalmente riservata al libro tascabile e economico, viene chiamata in inglese paperback, per distinguerla dalla legatura cartonata rigida indicata con i termini hardcover o hardback -http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:gIT6lWSCER0J:www.edarpi.com/pdf/cat2006_2.pdf+libri+paperback+versione+in+brossura+copertina+rigida+originale&hl=it&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=it

230 months ago

wrote:

Yeah, is fairly correct. Brossura or Brossurato means paperback

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