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Hardbacks are so much nicer to read than paperbacks .

精装书比平装书读起来舒服得多。

Riley bought one of campbell 's early hardbacks in the 60s , the inhabitants of the lake .

莱利买过一本坎贝尔上世纪60年代的早期精装本小说《湖居者》（theinhabitantsofthelake）。

Amazon last week announced sales of ebooks on its us site had outnumbered hardbacks for the first time , stunning casual observers , even if it had not been entirely unexpected in the trade .

上周亚马逊声称其在美国市场售出电子书的数量第一次超越了精装书，这震惊了漫不经心的观察家，但在行业内部这事并不是完全出人意料的。

Whether it 's diamonds and water or hardbacks and e-books , the only cogent explanation for prices comes from the austrians , not the classical economists .

无论是钻石和水、还是精装书和电子书，对它们价格的唯一令人信服的解释来自奥地利学派，而非古典经济学家。

The publishing industry has become the latest victim of the digital era as amazon has announced it is now selling considerably more e-books than hardbacks .

在亚马逊网路书店宣布其电子书销量目前已大幅超越精装书时，出版业即成为数位时代下的最新受害者。