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Apicture cover is a type ofbook cover which uses a method ofbookbinding that preserves the contents as well as a normalhardbound book, but has the look of apaperback book. The pages are collated, stitched and trimmed as for hardbound, but a cover with a picture on it is attached instead of the normal hardbound cover with printing on the spine, and perhaps also the front. A hardbound book can achieve a similar look with adust cover, but the cover is fragile and inconvenient when reading, being most useful while the book is shelved.
The term "picture cover" is mostly used bybook collectors. Many early series books and laterchildren's books have this binding, as do most moderntextbooks.
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