Any book used for teaching other than a textbook.
Literature and informational books widely available in bookstores; used by teachers to supplement or replace sole dependence on textbooks in reading or content area instruction.
Books intended for the general public, and marketed with trade discount through bookstores and to libraries, as distinct from textbooks, subscription books, etc.
Paperback or hardcover trade books do NOT include children's books, textbooks, or mass-market paperbacks. Typical trade trim sizes are between 5 x 8 and 6 x 9 inches, but larger sizes are also available. Wheatmark publishes trade books only.
Books that are available to help users in learning to use the features of personal computer application packages, and can be found where software is sold and usually are carried in regular bookstores. 2.37
Books published for a general readership rather than specifically for the classroom
Trade books are books you can purchase at any bookstore, designed for the general public. Many homeschoolers use these books instead of expensive and often inaccurate textbooks.
Books distributed through the book trade - meaning bookstores and major book clubs - as opposed to, for example, mass-market paperbacks, which are often sold at magazine racks, newsstands, and supermarkets as well.
are hardcover or high quality paperbacks and sold almost exclusively in retail book stores.