Hardcover edition mainly means that it is superior to paperback edition in packaging. For example, the hardcover version of A Dream of Red Mansions is better than the paperback version in terms of paper, printing quality and packaging. The kind with pictures in it is called color version or picture version, which is not the same concept as hardcover version.

2, the process is different

Simple packaging, such as plastic packaging, rubber ring packaging, strip packaging and so on. It takes a short time and is relatively simple. Hardcover; This process is much more complicated than paperback. The general graphic shop needs to stick back glue on the cover, cover a gray board shell, stick the book twice and so on. The process is more complicated, but the texture and appearance of hardcover are much better than that of paperback.

3. Different prices

The purpose of dividing it into hardcover edition and paperback edition is mainly to sell it to buyers with different consumption levels, and paperback edition is cheaper.

Extended data:

Book form

Hardcover refers to an exquisite book making method. Hardcover books are mainly made on the cover, back and corners of the book block through various modeling techniques. There are many processing methods and forms, such as round back (with or without ridge), square back, square corner, rounded corner and other book blocks. Cover processing is divided into whole surface, bonding surface, Fiona Fang angle, foil pressing, hot stamping pattern, etc.

Several common forms of hardcover books:

First, according to the spine form, there are two kinds of spine: square spine and round spine.

1, the square spine is thicker than the block. Due to the folding of the book block and the stringing of books, the height of the spine is higher than that of the book block, and the more sheets are printed, the more obvious it is. Therefore, the hardcover book with square spine should not be too thick, and the spine is generally less than 20 mm

2. Circular spine. Because the positions of the front and back booklets are slightly different, the folded part of the booklets is slightly semicircular, distributed on an arc surface, and the thickness is balanced. The turnover of the book block is concave, which is suitable for the convex circle of the spine. Therefore, it is best to use a round spine for thicker books. A book with a round spine has a round back. Generally, the thickness of the book block is 130 between the chord and the arc. Round ridges can be divided into two types: round back without ridges (only round back without ridges) and round back with ridges (round back with ridges, the height of which is generally the same as the thickness of book cover paperboard).

Second, according to the material, it can be divided into two kinds: the same material on the ridge surface and the different material on the ridge surface.

1, spine material is the same, that is, spine and back cover material are the same. There are square ridges and round ridges. Hardcover fabrics are mostly paper, cloth, lacquered paper and lacquered cloth. , usually equipped with a protective seal. However, there is a kind of book title, pattern and so on. Printed on the whole paper and pasted on the cardboard. Most of these books have square ridges and no protective seals.

2. The spine is made of different materials, that is, the spine and the cover are made of different materials. Cloth is usually used as the spine of the book, and paper is pasted on the cardboard as the cover. This form is generally a round ridge unprotected seal.

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