flipback
noun[C]
uk/ˈflɪp.bæk/us/ˈflɪp.bæk/astyleofbookthat issmallerthanusualand that youopenwith thelongersidetowards you andreadfrom thetopof thepageto thebottom,ratherthan fromrighttoleft:
（轻薄短小的）上下翻便携书As youreadthe flipback, youmovethepagesupwardratherthanturningthem to theleft.阅读上下翻便携书时，你往上翻动书页而不是往左翻。
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Books: kinds of books
- abridgment
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- crammer
- dime novel
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- folio
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- photo book
- speller
- travelogue
- young adult