Hardcover
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A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with leather, cloth or heavy paper). They may have stitched spines, although most modern commercial hardcover books have glued spines.
Hardcover books are often printed on acid-free paper, and are much more durable than paperbacks, which have flexible, easily damaged paper covers and glued spines. Hardcover books are also more expensive to manufacture and purchase. Hardcovers frequently come with artistic dust jackets. The hardcover edition of a book is typically released earlier than any paperback editions.
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