hardcover

[ hahrd-kuhv-er ]

noun

1. a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material:

   Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.

adjective

1. bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material:

   a hardcover series.

2. noting or pertaining to hardcover books:

   hardcover sales.

Other Words From

• hardcovered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hardcover¹

First recorded in 1945–50; hard + cover

Example Sentences

Gaetz reported that his publishing contract awarded him 60 percent royalties—a share normally reserved for online distributor sales of self-published work, and more than double the typical hardcover royalty rates.

From The Daily Beast

For this method, you’ll need a heavy hardcover book, such as a dictionary or coffee-table tome, a few sheets of paper or waxed paper, and a pair of scissors.

From Popular-Science

This method of binding is quite durable and is often used with hardcover notebooks.

From Popular-Science

An attractive hardcover on the outside and plenty of organizational choices on the inside will last a whole school year.

From Popular-Science

If you’re the kind of teacher who takes your planner home every night, you might want to consider a hardcover for increased durability.

From Popular-Science

Knopf has sold more than 400,000 copies, and the book has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback.

From The Daily Beast

He wrote a few more paperback originals, two of them westerns, then sold The Moonshine War to Doubleday in hardcover.

From The Daily Beast

If a myth is built around an author, her most intimate thoughts become worthy of a hardcover.

From The Daily Beast

The e-book, paperback, and hardcover were merged, for young adult and middle grade.

From The Daily Beast

Didion will soon publish her book in hardcover and has already benefited from his review.

From The Daily Beast

This electronic edition is derived from a later hardcover reprint.

From Project Gutenberg

Solo girls with hardcover sketch books and vintage clothes home-tailored to a nice fit.

From Project Gutenberg

A list of all obtainable addresses of the publishers of hardcover books mentioned in the Checklist.

From Project Gutenberg

This book is available in both a hardcover and paperback edition.

From Project Gutenberg

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