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hardback

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as in hardcover

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Recent Examples of hardback For example, drape the pillowcase opening over the back of a hardback chair or smaller pieces of luggage to keep them clean during storage. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for hardback

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In a stroke of luck, Bloomsbury was already planning a twenty-fifth-anniversary hardcover edition.

— Rachel Levin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, McMurtry’s novel — the first in the Lonesome Dove book series — spent 24 consecutive weeks in hardcover and 28 consecutive weeks in paperback on NYT’s Bestseller list, selling over 4 million copies.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

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Lion Hearts, the third novel in his Essex Dogs trilogy, a thriller series set in 14th-century France and England, is now in paperback.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
Published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, McMurtry’s novel — the first in the Lonesome Dove book series — spent 24 consecutive weeks in hardcover and 28 consecutive weeks in paperback on NYT’s Bestseller list, selling over 4 million copies.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Sep. 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
The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.

— Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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