What's the difference between

[emmie]

Hard Cover books, and Hardback books, as i am looking to replace some paperbacks, and only want hardback books. If it says hardcover on the website, not sure if its the same.

[emmie]

anyone help out here?

[TheWinner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcover

[emmie]

thanks for the link, but it does say, can be hardcover, paper? so none the wiser. I am simply trying to find decent hardbooks, both front and back cover to replace some well used paperbacks, which are now falling apart.

[jno]

no difference.

[missnemesis]

As far as I know em10, like jno says, there's no difference in the book just the terminology :)

[emmie]

its when you look at website, i can't tell whether fully hardback books
and the ones i am after are old, so out of print here, i have seen some but they have to come from US and mega expensive, been looking for a UK outlet possibly amazon, see if i can find them there. I never like buying off the net, as you just know what you are going to get.

[jno]

hardback books are expensive; that's why paperbacks were invented. I sometimes buy secondhand books from Amazon and their condition is described by the seller - usually accurately but once in a while they're not as VG as they claim.

[emmie]

i have the paperbacks thats the point, i have read and reread them, and now trying to get decent hardbacks of same books, i didn't buy the paperbacks in the first place, someone gave them to me, they go back to early 80's. Will have another look at Amazon, thanks anyway

[woofgang]

have you looked on abebooks? thousands of sellers of everything book and some very good prices

[emmie]

woofgang, not heard of it, but i will have a look thank you

[jno]

Amazon owns AbeBooks, though it seems to be run as a separate operation.

[TheWinner]

This is another good site.

http://www.bookfinder...&signed=¤cy=GBP

[emmie]

thank you will look bit later.

[Tizzi24]

Abe Books is very good and if you have a nectar card, you can collect points there.

[sophie_1003]

pickabook is good too, and greenmetropolis (all books are something like 3.75) but they only have a limited number of titles.

[dotty.]

books are initially released in hardback, 4-6 months later (in most cases) the paperback is launched, then the hardback is deleted from most catalogues

[sophie_1003]

Why is that dotty? I prefer paperbacks but know some prefer hardbacks.

[saxy_jag]

Hardback = hard cover. Two different words for the same thing.

Paperbacks with stiffer - but still soft - covers, sometimes with a dust jacket or an end flap, are known as trade paperbacks. A way of putting out a more deluxe version of a book without the expense of hard covers.