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hardcover

[hahrd-kuhv-er] / ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər /


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After 23 years of struggle and 60 rejections, I’d sold a hardcover memoir to Random House that led to a series of books.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The popularity of the 5-by-8 hardcover is, at the very least, indicative of a shift in what I witness consumers at Book Soup seeking out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

The success of the publishing industry could never rest on the tiny shoulders of the small hardcover.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

This year’s top hardcover sellers include those two books as well as “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,” a memoir by podcaster and entrepreneur Bunnie Xo, according to Circana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

So there she was, in the library on her knees in the narrow fiction stacks, with three copies of the novel, two paperbacks and one hardcover, on the shelf in front of her.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline


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