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Recent Examples of hardback
News of the deal comes following the release of McCloskey’s fourth novel, The Persian, which debuted at #3 on the Sunday Times’ fiction hardback bestseller list this past weekend.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2026
Head over to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the top entries at $70.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
The revision, which would be not a hardback book but an online-only edition, requiring a subscription, was expected to take decades.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2026
Head over to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the top entries at $70.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
The revision, which would be not a hardback book but an online-only edition, requiring a subscription, was expected to take decades.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardback
Noun
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The Games Resemble Collector’s Books Similar to Hasbro's recent Monopoly Fourth Wing release, both editions of the game are packaged like hardcover novels with designs that mimic the book jackets of A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury.—
Kirsten Acuna,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Paperback and hardcover prices remained relatively stagnant for years, even as production costs climbed.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The paperback edition of The Last Ferry Out hits shelves on June 16 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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On the other, are lower-cost paperbacks and print-on-demand books aimed at maintaining accessibility.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).—
Jessica Wapner,
Scientific American,
16 Nov. 2020
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As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.—
Fred Turner,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Hardback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardback. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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