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Most of the current book sales are for the original paperback edition, though a movie tie-in with Gosling on the cover is also contributing, as are some hardcover volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But what I think is more notable is how I do it: I read only hardcover or paperback books.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

Today, there are 255,000 hardcover copies of “The Correspondent” in print, 17 times the book’s initial print run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

This particular copy is one of just 500 from the first hardcover printing in the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

I’m just hoping there’s an amendment somewhere in the Constitution that prohibits the FBI from stealing my collection of hardcover fantasy novels.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller