Jeffery Deaver

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with.

American Writer

Ian Frazier

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.

Barry Eisler

Paper publishers are doing everything they can to slow the transition to eBooks because, in a digital world, paper publishers' high hardback margins essentially disappear.

American Novelist

Chelsea Cain

I felt like I'd culturally arrived when a character on the HBO show 'True Blood' was reading a hardback of 'Heartsick' at Sookie's kitchen table.

Hector Tobar

I've never been on a paperback tour before, you know, because usually you go on tour when a hardcover comes out.

American Author

John Mortimer

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

English Novelist

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover.

Don DeLillo

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

Lisa See

My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.

Adam Ross

Hardcover and paperback forever. Someone carve that into a tree.

Hardbacks are seen as more durable and collectible than paperbacks, making them desirable for keepsakes.

Durability Perception

Giving a hardback suggests formality and thoughtfulness, often preferred as gifts for special occasions.

Gift Quality

Libraries often favor hardbacks due to their longevity, even though they're more expensive.

Library Usage

 and topped Business Week's hardcover bestseller list. And why I tell you this story is because later, when I was interviewed on SABC Africa, on a pan-African broadcast, they asked, "What is your key lesson, or the key thing you enjoy the most?" -- because it was a huge privilege to be part of such a project.

Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...

 okay so what are you going to show us today we are going to look at the book of monsters you heard her correctly the book of monsters a long time ago when i first started working at matt geo i came across a copy of this book it was an old book red cloth hardcover with book of monsters in