The last book we studied, T.S.Eliot's The Wasteland, was available only in hardback. Too expensive for my budget.

我们最后学本书-T·S·艾略特《荒原》--只有精装本。这对我来说太贵了。

For the purist, the only way to digest a good story is with a paperback or hardback book.

对于正统主义者来说，个好故事唯方法是用平装书或精装书。

This is for you. It was a hardback copy of The Wasteland. On the flyleaf was an inscription to me.

这是给。那是本精装版《荒原》。扉页上题字是送给我。

Are you looking for hardbacks or paperbacks?

职员：您要精装本还是平装本？

His first novel sold over 40,000 copies in hardback.

【hardback】本小说卖出了四万多册精装本。

The hardbacks are on the top shelves and the paperbacks on the bottom ones.

精装书在最上面书架上，平装书在最下面书架上。

The resulting modules are about the size of a hardback book, with electrical connectors attached.

由此产生模块大约是精装书大小，并附有电连接器。

The idea was to print good books, in paperback, so they’d be cheaper than hardbacks.

当时想法是用平装本印刷好书，这样它们会比精装本便宜。

The clerk asks Adrian, " Are you looking for hardbacks or paperbacks" ?

店员问阿德里安，“您要找精装本还是平装本”？

I often buy second-hand books, youknow nice hardback copies, but that's different.

我经常买二手书， 知道很好精装本， 但那是不同。

But let’s be clear: it sold millions of copies in hardback.

但让我们明确点：它精装本卖出了数百万册。

So, you had a best seller list for paperbacks and you had a best seller list for hardbacks.

所以，有个平装书畅销书列表， 有个精装书畅销书列表。

Adrian answers the question by saying, " I'm not sure" - I'm not sure if I am looking for hardbacks or paperbacks.

阿德里安回答问题时说，“我不确定” ——我不确定我要找是精装本还是平装本。

Last year, some 202 million paperbacks and hardbacks were sold, and the publishing industry hopes this trend will continue now that people have got into the habit of reading more.

去年，平装书和精装书共售出 2.02 亿本，出版业希望这趋势能够持续下去，因为人们已经养成了更多习惯。

They became so popular that in 2011, The New York Times introduced, or decided to publish, a separate list of popular e-books in addition to the paperback and hardback categories that it had always published.

它们变得如此受欢迎，以至于在 2011 年，纽约时报除了直出版平装本和精装本类别之外，还推出或决定出版份单独流行电子书清单。