He handed Peterson a wrapped package about the size of a hardback book.

他递给彼得森一个差不多精装版书籍大小的包装好的包裹。

Self Portrait, from 1630, is one of only five paintings he executed on copper, and one of his smallest, the size of a hardback book.

1630年自画像是他的五幅镀金铜版画之一，也是最小的画作之一，只有精装书大小。

Remember the first sentence in the best-selling hardback book in U. S. history, The Purpose Driven Life: "It's not about you."

记住美国历史上最畅销书的第一句话，《标杆人生》：“它不是关于你的。”

The book was published in hardback last October.

这本书去年10月以精装本出版了。

E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.

电子书销量比去年增长了146%，而精装本销量增长了6%，平装本销量下降了8%。

The book is available in hardback from Simon &Schuster ($26) and in a digital version on Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle and Apple's iBookstore ($12.99).

印刷精装本由西蒙与舒斯特公司（Simon &Schuster）出版，每本售价26美元；另外，亚马逊（Amazon）Kindle和苹果iBookstore提供新书电子版，每本售价12.99美元。

His new book is out in hardback, but I'm not desperate to read it, so I think I'll save some money and wait for the paperback to come out.

他的精装本新书面市了，但我倒不是非看不可，所以我想，我会少花一点儿钱，等平装本出来。

The book comes in hardback and paperback.

这本书有精装本和平装本。

Publishers first issue a book in hardback and then, a year later, in paperback.

书籍的发行商通常首先发行硬封面版，然后一年后发行平装本。