Simply put, the difference between paperback and hardcover books is the physical book cover. Paperback books have thin, flexible covers that readers can bend or curl.

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"While a hardcover book is more expensive to print than a paperback, the publisher does traditionally make more money on that edition, allowing them to earn back the author's advance and the costs ...

Amazon decided to drop this deal a few days early. As part of the Amazon Black Friday Sale, you can pick up your choice of either The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Hardcover Box Set for $83.33 ...

Paperback or hardcover? Used or new? Let’s talk about our book habits. Michael Dirda shares 29 of his rules for reading. They are not hard and fast. July 27, 2023. 8 min.

For every paperback sold, the hardcover publisher would receive a penny royalty per copy—which it split 50-50 with the author. Pocket Books would also make about a penny in profit for each copy ...

Readers who don’t want to spend $30 for a new hardcover nonfiction book can no longer count on the release of a lower-cost paperback edition. Traditionally, the paperback would hit the shelves ...

Paperback Picks. While any bookseller will tell you the rule of thumb is that about a year passes between a book’s hardcover premiere and its paperback release, the truth is that some books take ...