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N/A - If you have something other than a book, keep this box checked.
Sewn Softcover:
This is a book with sewn signatures - something more common in hardcover books, but a welcome feature in softcovers that
improves durability (and often increases the price).
Softcover:
Think of this as the category for "quality softcovers". This often includes a higher quality paper, a thicker cover and a better glue than the Mass-Market Paperbacks. Most softcover workbooks fall into this category. This category includes books with "perfect binding" and "lay-flat binding".
Paperback:
This includes Mass-Market paperbacks (your typical "pocket-sized" paperback novel from a bookstore ) and other inferior binding on softcovers.
Spiralbound:
Comb-bound:
Stapled Softcover:
Sewn Hardcover:
Traditionally, your typical hardcover would be sewn in signatures, made to last a long time. A lot of mass-market hardcovers are not.
Glued Hardcover:
This is an insult for a reason. Don't mark something in this category unless you're certain - the signatures *can* be rather difficult to see.
Loose-leaf (binder-ready):
Three whole-punched papers.
Other
For unusual bindings on books, please use this category.