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Books: kinds of books
abridgment
annual
anthology
audiobook
backlist
crammer
crime
digest
dime novel
e-reader
easy read
must-read
novel
novelette
novelistic
novelistically
vade mecum
workbook
ya
young adult

hardback | American Dictionary

hardback
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhɑrdˌbæk/
a hardcover

Examples of hardback

hardback
With a high-priced hardback, they have gone for the assured - but few - sales to academic libraries around the world.
This hardback edition of the book was published in 2000 and the literature cited obviously predates publication.
The disc is issued not in a plastic 'jewel case' but in hardback book format.
Two years after the first (hardback) edition, the significance of his arguments remain central.
The hardback price makes it less affordable by individuals, and the size makes it unlikely that an individual would read this from cover to cover.
This book was published in hardback in 1995, but contains no references later than 1990.
The only problem with recommending this as a textbook is that, while well produced, it is expensive in both hardback and paperback.
The two volumes are bound in stylish hardback black covers.
The bound copy is available in soft ($57.50) or hardback form ($69.50) and takes 3 to 4 weeks to be delivered.
Anyway, those studies were either published in hardback only or in pamphlet form; their audience was largely confined to specialists.
At £60 in hardback, the book runs to more than 800 pages, printed in full colour and is good value on that score.
Retailing at £45, the hardback is just about affordable for a personal bookshelf in addition to the library, and is a very worthwhile investment.
At £60 (hardback only) it is not cheap, but it represents an excellent investment for anyone (including sedimentologists) using thin sections as a research resource.
One cannot even resort to the stock complaint about price for, to those who cannot afford the hardback edition, a paperback is available at very modest cost.
Devlin states that the basic ideas of situation theory have not changed much since the first hardback edition of the book in 1991.
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