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- noun Plural form of
hardcover .
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Skip — For the record, on average, the break-even point on hardcovers is 4,000-5,000, not 2,000 - 3,000, and I know personally more than a few authors who are no longer selling because they couldn't even sell 2,000 copies.
Why Amazon and Some Readers Are Wrong « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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And stuck right in the middle, dodging hardcovers, is poor Deborah Whitman, author of a memoir detailing her tumultuous relationship with Peter Parker.
Marvel Comics Solicitations for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The three pulp novels were reprinted in hardcovers in 1964 but they have not been reprinted since and are hard-sought by collectors.
The Codex Continual » Bulwark Publishing: The THRILLS⢠Pulps 2009
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According to Pat Holt, publishers fear that reeducating the audience away from hardcovers is impossible.
Boing Boing 2009
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I generally borrow my hardcovers from the library.
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In the best-case scenario, print publishers will realize their strategy of releasing ebooks for the same price as hardcovers is short-sighted and harmful, and they will lower their prices.
Archive 2009-08-31 Joe Konrath 2009
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In the same vein as Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, I read Cherry Ames - you get many points for mentioning Cherry, The Bobbsey Twins, The Boxcar Children - the original falling-apart red hardcovers from the library, before the modern series, Trixie Belden - though I couldn't find many then; thank goodness they decided to reprint them for a new generation of readers!
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I’ll still read the next book in the series, but I’m pretty glad I borrow my hardcovers from the library instead of buying them.
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Even then, though, I’d shell out money for certain hardcovers when they came out.
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And then there's the hefty third volume of the Ted McKeever Library from Image Comics, which debuts at No. 5 in hardcovers.
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