单词 | trade book |
释义 | > as lemmastrade book trade book n. †(a) a book for which the copyright is held jointly by several publishers and booksellers (obsolete rare); (b) a book published by a commercial publisher and intended for a general readership. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun] > book for general sale trade book1838 1838 Athenæum 12 May 349/2 (advt.) Shares in several Standard Copyright and Trade Books. 1870 Detroit Free Press 12 Apr. The great majority of trade books never reach three thousand copies. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 May 16/7 Last year 39 percent of the company's sales came from elementary school texts, 7 per cent from university texts and 19 per cent from trade books for the general public. 2002 Isis 93 774/1 Owen Gingerich..is writing a trade book detailing his adventures in making the census. < as lemmas |
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