Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective & noun Hardcover.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any fish of the genus Callichthys; any catfish of the family Loricariidæ, found in the fresh waters of South America.
- noun In the British West Indies and British Guiana, any large beetle, especially one of the larger Scarabæidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having rigid front and back covers, usually boards covered with paper, cloth, or leather; -- of books. Contrasted with
softcover andpaperback . - noun A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers; a hardcover book. Compare
paperback .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A book with a solid
binding . - adjective of a book Having a solid binding.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
- adjective having a hard back or cover
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Examples
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But I rarely buy hardbacks, so Amazon's $9.99 for ebooks that are still out only in hardback is not a big temptation for me.
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The cover of the hardback is lovely, but apparently this is being held responsible for the book not having met its expectations (code for marketing budget?) in hardback, so the jacket will be receiving a lot of design attention for the paperback.
June 2007 Maxine 2007
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The cover of the hardback is lovely, but apparently this is being held responsible for the book not having met its expectations (code for marketing budget?) in hardback, so the jacket will be receiving a lot of design attention for the paperback.
Your autumn paperback reads Maxine 2007
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Just a quick post to say that the German version of Vellum is now available in hardback from the independent press, Shayol.
Archive 2007-05-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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The cover of the hardback is lovely, but apparently this is being held responsible for the book not having met its expectations (code for marketing budget?) in hardback, so the jacket will be receiving a lot of design attention for the paperback.
Your autumn paperback reads Maxine 2007
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Just a quick post to say that the German version of Vellum is now available in hardback from the independent press, Shayol.
Vellum in German Hal Duncan 2007
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Books just flying out of the doors and Marie up into the twenty-somethings on the best seller lists with a first novel in hardback, that is amazing.
A London Day 2007
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Books just flying out of the doors and Marie up into the twenty-somethings on the best seller lists with a first novel in hardback, that is amazing.
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Books just flying out of the doors and Marie up into the twenty-somethings on the best seller lists with a first novel in hardback, that is amazing.
A London Day 2007
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They will be many different ISBNs against the same title hardback, paperback, audio CD, large print, ebooks etc.
Archive 2007-08-01 Martyn Daniels 2007
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