Back غلاف فني Arabic শক্ত মলাটের বই Bengali/Bangla Enquadernació cartoné Catalan Hardback Danish Hardcover German Rigidkovrila libro Esperanto Encuadernación de tapa dura Spanish گالینگور Persian Reliure occidentale French Hardcover Frisian
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound[1]) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).[1] It has a flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened.[1] Modern hardcovers may have the pages glued onto the spine in much the same way as paperbacks.[1] Following the ISBN sequence numbers, books of this type may be identified by the abbreviation Hbk.
- ^ a b c d Pearson, David (2013). "Chapter 19: Bookbinding". In Suarez, S.J., Michael F.; Woudhuysen, H. R. (eds.). The Book: A Global History (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 245–257. ISBN 9780191668746. Retrieved June 18, 2024. (At p. 247.)