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Best E-reader Amazon Kindle (2024) $110 at Amazon Nothing is more decadent for a beach day than a good book, but packing paperbacks or hardbacks just isn’t practical for me.
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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
His most recent novel, Klara and the Sun was a number one Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback.
—Kazuo Ishiguro
may 5, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
This polarizing series from The High Republic era might be one-and-done but its beautiful concept art lives on in a 224-page hardback from author Kristin Baver.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 May 2025
Since new-release audiobooks typically cost as much as hardback copies, the three premium downloads make the $3 cost of this three-month subscription period a no-brainer.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
His most recent novel, Klara and the Sun was a number one Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback.
—Kazuo Ishiguro
may 5, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
This polarizing series from The High Republic era might be one-and-done but its beautiful concept art lives on in a 224-page hardback from author Kristin Baver.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 May 2025
Since new-release audiobooks typically cost as much as hardback copies, the three premium downloads make the $3 cost of this three-month subscription period a no-brainer.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardback
Noun
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The list price for the hardcover will be a whopping $38.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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The hardcover graphic novel will follow the storyline of the episode, which is undoubtedly a fan favorite, having accrued over 10 million global views in its first week of streaming alone.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Read on for an exclusive bonus chapter from the paperback edition of The Favorites.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Today, Vintage publishes the trade paperback edition.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).—
Jessica Wapner,
Scientific American,
16 Nov. 2020
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As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.—
Fred Turner,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Hardback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardback. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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