Here I am surrounded by a pile of paperback books waiting to be read and not a paperfront in sight. Is this a marketing strategy yet to be invented?

publishers always remove front covers, on damaged, returns or illegal copies.

To indicate they are not legitimate copies.

glf

Maybe I should have said why are they called paperBACKS and not paperFRONTS?

One never expects a sensible answer where a quip will do.

Should a paperback be cheaper than the hardback version when downloading to my Kindle?

Maybe I should have said why are they called paperBACKS and not paperFRONTS? OK, I'll bite and answer a rhetorical question.

The names reference a book when it's lying open, not closed, with the pages visible; hence all books are paper front. The back is the part lying against the table consisting of both covers and the spine - either hard or soft.

I confess to a soft spine:(



But, but what if it's a biography of a really ugly person. You'd want to put it face down so as not to frighten guests.






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