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

我们最后学的一-T·S·略特的《荒原》--只有精装。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，阅读一个好故事的唯一方法是用平装或精装。

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

这是给的。那是一精装版的《荒原》。扉页的题字是送给我的。

Are you looking for hardbacks or paperbacks?

职员：您要精装还是平装？

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

【hardback】他的第一小说卖出了四万多册精装。

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

精装在最面的，平装在最下面的。

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

由此产生的模块大约是精装的大小，并附有电连接器。

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

当时的想法是用平装印刷好，这样它们会比精装便宜。

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

店员问阿德里安，“您要找精装还是平装”？

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

我常买二手， 知道很好的精装， 但那是不同的。

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

但让我们明确一点：它的精装卖出了数百万册。

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

所以，有一个平装的畅销列表， 有一个精装的畅销列表。

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” ——我不确定我要找的是精装还是平装。

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，平装和精装共售出 2.02 亿，出版业希望这一趋势能够持续下去，因为人们已养成了阅读更多的习惯。

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，纽约时报除了一直出版的平装和精装类别之外，还推出或决定出版一份单独的流行电子清单。