hardcovers
Books with boards
Hardcovers are books bound with rigid protective boards, typically covered in cloth or paper.
The term distinguishes them from paperbacks, which have flexible covers.
Hardcovers are usually the first edition format for new releases and cost more: I'll wait for the paperback—I can't afford hardcovers.
Also called hardbacks.
Legally or morally required
- tomesLarge academic books
- volumesAmounts or books
- editionsVersions of publications
- printTransfer text to paper
dust-jacket · spine · ISBN · paperback · quarto · octavo · folio · typography
Extended prose fiction
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- fictionImagined narrative work
- textbooksEducational reference volumes
- anthologiesCurated selection collections
classics · bestsellers · prose · release · imprint · retail · bookstore · preorder
Wrote one's name on
- rareSeldom found or seen
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- auctionCompetitive public sale
bibliophile · incunabula · illuminated · restoration · provenance · estate-sale · out-of-print · numbered
Solidly built, durable
- robustStrong and durable
- long-lastingPersisting over extended time
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- solidFirm matter state
well-made · lasting · enduring · archival · preservation · acid-free · quality · heirloom
Horizontal storage platforms
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- circulationMovement through a system
reference · archives · collections · acquisitions · holdings · reserves · interlibrary · checkout
binding
Legally or morally required
print · dust-jacket · spine · ISBN · paperback · quarto · octavo · folio · typography · endpapers
novels
Extended prose fiction
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- fictionImagined narrative work
- textbooksEducational reference volumes
anthologies · classics · bestsellers · prose · release · imprint · retail · bookstore · preorder · launch
signed
Wrote one's name on
auction · bibliophile · incunabula · illuminated · restoration · provenance · estate-sale · out-of-print · numbered · antiquarian
sturdy
Solidly built, durable
- robustStrong and durable
- long-lastingPersisting over extended time
- reinforcedMade more resistant
solid · well-made · lasting · enduring · archival · preservation · acid-free · quality · heirloom · permanent
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
circulation · reference · archives · collections · acquisitions · holdings · reserves · interlibrary · checkout
- book collectionscomplete works, box set, boxed set, collected works, volumes
- book culturereading, reader, book lover, bookworm, bibliophile
- book editionsfirst editions, limited editions, signed copies, collector's editions, deluxe editions
- coffee table bookscoffee table books, coffee table book, art book, art books, photo book
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
hardcoverspaperbacks
Books with flexible covers
softcovers · trade paperbacks · softbacks · pocket books · pocket editions
hardcoverse-books
Electronic publications
digital editions · ebooks · audiobooks · digital downloads · PDFs
- hardcover editionBook with rigid covers