The phrase
"than hardcovers" is a comparison used to indicate that something is more preferable or easier than using traditional bound books, often referred to as hardcover books.
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This has been attributed to an increase in the cost of ebooks which in some case costs even
more than the hardcover version of the same.
A small paperback novel with no interior color will cost
less than a hardcover book with a full - color interior and a dust jacket.
The special editions, which will include author interviews and other material, such as reading guides, will carry a list price slightly higher
than the hardcover edition.
Although more e-books are now sold each
year than hardcover books, e-books are not yet very popular at libraries.
Ever since I heard that quote from Amazon, that e-book sales were greater
than hardcover sales, I've been wondering if the e-book sales number included all the public domain and other free titles.
I'm really excited so today I'm celebrating with a list of 5 reasons why the paperback version of DINOSAUR BOY is EVEN
BETTER than the hardcover -LSB-...]
For the first time, two e-books have been priced higher on
Amazon than their hardcover counterparts, according to The New York Times, which broke the story Tuesday morning.
He read Swimming and loved it, and agreed to reissue it in formats that are much less expensive to produce and
sell than a hardcover edition.
The introduction of agency pricing for e-books also effectively ended debates over «windowing» — releasing an e-book
later than a hardcover.
Mass Market paperbacks are being phased out more rapidly than anticipated, and many publishers are switching even consistently bestselling novelists to trade paperback
rather than hardcover releases.
The more striking news from Amazon, analysts agreed, was that it has sold more e-books in the last three
months than hardcover books, by a ratio of 143 to 100.
How many more e-book units had to be sold to make the monies reported by AAP
than hardcovers for that reported number?
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.
«Amazon keeps promoting the idea that an eBook should cost much, much less
than a hardcover because the cost of producing it is so much lower.
And, besides, even at 17.5 % of gross, an author's e-book take is still better
than their hardcover take, let alone the measly 8 % they get from paperback sales.
The Kindle launched in the UK in August 2010, and within nine months, Amazon was selling more e-books
than hardcover print books.
One of the reasons mass market paperback prices climbed much more
quickly than hardcover and trade paperback is because the amount of return kept getting smaller with non-bookstore vendors demanding deeper and deeper order discounts to compete with warehouse stores.
The Wii version is also still a go, but
other than the hardcover artbook you get from pre-ordering at their store, you don't get any of the extras the PS2 version gets.
On Monday, July 19, 2010, Amazon announced that for the first time, it had sold more e-books the previous
quarter than hardcover books.