Not exact matches
In July 2010, Amazon — who was already the world's
largest book retailer — reported that they sold more ebooks
than hardcovers during the second quarter of the year.
A
hardcover book will appear
larger than a paperback with the same book trim size because the
hardcover itself is
larger than the pages.
* Price - insensitive gadget hounds (the almighty 18 -34-year-old man - child, mostly) are a MUCH
larger group
than price - insensitive
hardcover buyers.
It's also more portable
than hardcover and
larger tomes.
So the
hardcover version has a different ISBN
than the paperback version; the eBook version carries a different number
than the
large - print edition, and so on.
[50] In the overall US market, paperback book sales are still much
larger than either
hardcover or e-book; the American Publishing Association estimated e-books represented 8.5 % of sales as of mid-2010, up from 3 % a year before.
At 7.5 by 5.3 by 0.7 inches (HWD), it's smaller
than a
hardcover book but
larger than most paperbacks, and it feels good in hand.
Not much
larger than the size of a passport, these trim 5 × 7
hardcover books can easily be slipped into a purse or backpack.
Though the homeowners significantly reduced their
large book collection, the remaining titles were more
than substantial, including legal references, favourite reads,
hardcover sets and prized heirlooms.