I contacted Shannon DeVito, senior director of book strategy and former director of books at Barnes & Noble, to learn why hardcover books come out before paperbacks.

Eager to get that hot new novel in paperback format? A bookseller helps us make sense of hardcover versus paperback releases.

Annual used book sale at Alliance Commons to run Aug. 2-6, coinciding with Greater Alliance Carnation Festival.

For every paperback sold, the hardcover publisher would receive a penny royalty per copy—which it split 50-50 with the author. Pocket Books would also make about a penny in profit for each copy ...

Readers who don’t want to spend $30 for a new hardcover nonfiction book can no longer count on the release of a lower-cost paperback edition. Traditionally, the paperback would hit the shelves ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 13, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

Data from Bowker Books in Print showed a collapse of new adult nonfiction paperback titles by 42% from 2019 to 2024, to just under 40,000. New adult nonfiction hardcover titles fell by 9% over the ...

Amazon Prime Day graces us with a very good deal on a classic comic book collection. Right now you can pick up the Complete ...

The Dune Deluxe Editions have stained edges, foil-stamped covers, poster-sized artwork on the dust jackets, and other cool features that make these display-worthy books for Dune fans.

Hardback covers are pricier to make ― but they pay off Speaking to Mental Floss, Dinah Dunn, a partner at book packager Indelible Editions, said that hardcover copies often pay for themselves.

Powell's Books, the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, is set to host its second annual Warehouse Sale.