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Bookstores were still, in many communities, elite institutions carrying hardbound books for wealthy customers.—Gioia Woods, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026 Winslow’s latest effort, The Final Score, is a hardbound collection of six short novels.—Fred Schruers, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026 In the Haymarket, one of Beaverbrook’s first-floor suites, vintage Oscar Wilde posters coexist with a hardbound edition of the defunct British quarterly The Yellow Book.—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026 In 2019, the duo turned the On Cinema comedy series into a deluxe, hardbound, episode-by-episode book.—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025 This question is prompted by a slender hardbound copy currently on view at the Grolier Club.—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Garth Brooks will release The Anthology Part V: The Comeback, The First Five Years, the latest installment in his hardbound anthology series, on April 4.—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019