What is a hardback book?
Q: What is a hardback book?
A: A hardback book is a book with stiff covers made of rigid cardboard, usually covered with cloth, heavy paper, or leather.
Q: What kind of spine should a hardback book have?
A: A hardback book should have a flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened.
Q: Why is a glued spine not as good as a sewn spine for a hardback book?
A: A glued spine is not as good as a sewn spine for a hardback book because the glue gets worse with time.
Q: How durable are hardback books compared to paperbacks?
A: Hardback books are much more durable than paperbacks.
Q: What are some of the disadvantages of paperback books?
A: Paperbacks are often printed on cheap recycled paper, and have flexible, easily damaged paper covers.
Q: Are hardback books significantly more expensive to produce than paperbacks?
A: Hardback books are only slightly more costly to make than paperbacks.
Q: What are some of the features that hardback books may have?
A: Hardback books may have artistic dust jackets or designs printed right on the board binding.
