Mary Barker
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Donna Everhart:
Hello Donna Everhart, Love to read hardcover books, am curious why some books are only published as paperback? Are hardcovers becoming obsolete?
Donna Everhart
Hello Mary Barker! Wow, this is a great question, and I'm not just saying that. I don't think anyone has ever asked me this one before. There are four types of covers produced today. Hardcover, trade paperback (like mine) mass market, and of course all the varying products known as e-books.
To directly answer your question, no, hard cover aren't becoming obsolete, but I do think it's possible more authors, like myself, are first being published under trade paperback. All four of my books are packaged this way, and I have to say (and I may be partial) I think these textured covers with the french flaps and the deckled edge pages are striking.
(There are hard cover versions of my books called "library binding." The rights to the books were sold and handled by a different publisher for that. They have a different cover. The same happened with the audio books, a different publisher, and different cover. )
To directly answer your question, no, hard cover aren't becoming obsolete, but I do think it's possible more authors, like myself, are first being published under trade paperback. All four of my books are packaged this way, and I have to say (and I may be partial) I think these textured covers with the french flaps and the deckled edge pages are striking.
(There are hard cover versions of my books called "library binding." The rights to the books were sold and handled by a different publisher for that. They have a different cover. The same happened with the audio books, a different publisher, and different cover. )
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Linda Lowry
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Donna Everhart:
No question, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed all of your books. I recently had hand surgery and had the time to indulge in my favorite activity - reading books from cover to cover in one day - and read your first two books and am now reading your newest. Amazing characters and riveting stories. I could feel the South in each of the books? Thank you!!!
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