Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, "romance fiction," etc.
无论如何，大众市场的平装书已经衰落多年，且可能会消失，就像神秘小说、惊悚小说、“浪漫小说”等的精装书一样。
In the US, it's claimed that ebooks are now outselling many hardbacks.
在美国电子书销量超过了很多精装本。
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。
He put those hardbacks on the shelves just for show; he never read them.
他书架上那些精装书不过是为了撑场面，从来没看过。
We decided that hardbacks would prevail over paperbacks unless the paperbacks contained marginalia30.
我们决定有硬皮精装本的就不留平装本的，但平装本上有批注的则另当别论。
We decided that hardbacks would prevail over paperbacks unless the paperbacks contained marginalia30.
我们决定有硬皮精装本的就不留平装本的，但平装本上有批注的则另当别论。
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