But paperback books and private collections are only part of the story. You may not believe it, but libraries are places of power!

但平装书和私人藏书只是图书馆故事的一部分。图书馆还是权力之地，你可能不相信这点！

When Allen Lane founded the UK company, paperback books were revolutionary.

当 Allen Lane 创立这家英国公司时，平装书是革命性的。

So, there were a large number of these books being made, these " paperback" books.

因此，制作了大量这些书籍，这些“平装”书籍。

If this is so, why don't they send playing cards, board games, or paperback books?

如果是这样， 他们为什么不送扑克牌、棋盘游戏或平装书呢？

" I want you to take this, " he said quietly, thrusting a badly wrapped package roughly the size of a paperback book into Harry's hands.

“你带上这个。”他悄悄地说，塞给哈利一个包得很不像样的、平装书大小的东西。

When you're done, it folds up to the size of a paperback book, with a Velcro tab to keep it secure.

完成后，它可以折叠成一本平装书的大小，并用 Velcro 搭扣固定。

I had a desk beneath the room's other eave, my old Royal typewriter, and a hundred or so paperback books, mostly science fiction, which I lined up along the baseboard.

房间另外一边屋檐下我有一张书桌，有我的旧皇家打字机，还有一百来本简装书，大多是科幻小说，我把书排成一排摆在护壁板边。

So, I can say, " I'm looking for a paperback, " or " I'm looking for a paperback book, " it means the same thing.

所以，我可以说，“我在找一本平装书”或“我在找一本平装书”，意思是一样的。

On a desk sat a bank of security screens and among them an old television and a large ledger, along with a mug, some paperback books, and an array of photographs of beaming, toothless children.

一张桌子上放着一排安全屏幕， 其中有一台旧电视机和一本大账本， 还有一个马克杯、一些平装书和一排笑容满面、没牙的孩子的照片。