Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'hardcover'

Election Victory Helps Obama, The Author

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST

Barack Obama's presidential win has already jump started one small sector of the economy: His books. Over the weekend The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father were the hottest sellers at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Amazon actually ran out of hardcover and paperback editions of Audacity of Hope. While you wait, the online retailer lists more than two dozen other books out about the president-elect.

Wikipedia Turns To Gutenberg-Era Tech

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:37:00 EDT

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is going to be printed in a hardcover edition. Beate Varnhorn, of Bertlesmann Lexicon, talks about why the publishing company is publishing and selling a print version of the free online encyclopedia.

Facebook vs. Yearbook: Memories Now Saved Online

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The hardcover yearbook used to be an indispensable part of the high school and college experience. But today, online social-networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace allow students to memorialize their friendships online — for free. Now, fewer students are forking over $50 for hardcover yearbooks.

Anthology Collects Every 'New Yorker' Cartoon

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

A just-published New Yorker anthology collects every cartoon the magazine has published since its debut in 1925. The 68,647 cartoons fill a hardcover book and two accompanying CDs -- a single book of the cartoons would fill more than 20,000 pages, according to the publisher.