but the financial benefits of this model mean it likely isn't going away any time soon "While a hardcover book is more expensive to print than a paperback, the publisher does traditionally make ...

Hardcover books have thick, rigid covers often wrapped ... publishers must crunch the numbers on the profitability of a book before it goes to print. Not only are paperback books cheaper to ...

This morning, literary critic Michelle Dean penned an article for Flavorwire assailing the purpose and usefulness of dust jackets, those glossy outer shells of hardcover books. Not one to judge a ...

After years of declining print sales, hardcover and paperback editions have been rising recently, while e-book sales have fallen. Publishers’ revenues from hardcover sales rose 3.5 percent in ...

Did you know that your home printer is also a custom textile manufacturer? It can also churn out board games, 3-D models and hardcover books. Crafters and hobbyists have breathed new life into the ...

Sales of hardcover books went up by 0.9 percent to ... causing widespread panic about the impending death of print books with the advent of electronic consumption. When major book retailer Borders ...

Well, blank pages in print books can be intentional, for example, for allowing authors to sign or for readers to make notes. In hardcover books, the first page is usually blank and is called a ...