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hardback

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as in hardcover

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Recent Examples of hardback News of the deal comes following the release of McCloskey’s fourth novel, The Persian, which debuted at #3 on the Sunday Times’ fiction hardback bestseller list this past weekend. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2026 Head over to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the top entries at $70. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025 The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025 The revision, which would be not a hardback book but an online-only edition, requiring a subscription, was expected to take decades. — Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hardback

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As a testament to its popularity, Better Than the Movies has been appeared on the New York Times monthly YA paperback list for 44 consecutive months and its weekly YA hardcover list for 20 weeks.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026
The hardcover book had blank pages allocated for different parts of the story, an intended title and concept.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of hardcover

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As a testament to its popularity, Better Than the Movies has been appeared on the New York Times monthly YA paperback list for 44 consecutive months and its weekly YA hardcover list for 20 weeks.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026
Memphis Moon is available internationally in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions.

— William Jones, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of paperback

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After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.

— Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.

— Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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