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Recent Examples of hardback
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.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Ace Books began publishing the books in August 2024, and now there are already more than a million hardbacks in print.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
This deluxe version also includes a hardback book with liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 photos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 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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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Ace Books began publishing the books in August 2024, and now there are already more than a million hardbacks in print.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
This deluxe version also includes a hardback book with liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 photos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 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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Choose from soft and hardcover options in two sizes.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The East Village bookstore and bar has a regular lineup of events, but they’re mostly known as a place for a date with your hardcover.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Long before streaming services and social media algorithms, American teen culture found its way to me, thousands of miles away, one paperback at a time.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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While sheets of paper, magazines, paperback books, and mail can be recycled, shredded paper is too small for machines to sort.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 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 18 Feb. 2026.
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