hardcover
Americannoun
adjective
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bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material.
a hardcover series.
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noting or pertaining to hardcover books.
hardcover sales.
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- hardcovered adjective
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But what I think is more notable is how I do it: I read only hardcover or paperback books.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026
Various deluxe editions also come with bootleg recordings from a 1975 concert, concert films on Blu-ray, a hardcover book with never-seen photographs, a comic-book tour poster and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Today, there are 255,000 hardcover copies of “The Correspondent” in print, 17 times the book’s initial print run.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
The book, “Notes to John,” will be published in hardcover and ebook by Knopf on April 22.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
Magdalys noticed newspapers scattered around on the tabletops and a bookshelf along one wall, overflowing with hardcover novels.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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