I've been seeing the term "card cover" in descriptions on-line
(ABE, etc.) of books
for sale recently. In fact I denied to my daughter it was a
term
and told her it was a typo for "hard cover." But it isn't. I
don't find it in ILAB or ABAA glossaries; is it familiar to
anyone
and is there a definition of any status? --pg
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Peter S. Graham Syracuse University Library psgraham@syr.edu
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 315/443-5530 fax 315/443-2060 NW4.7 w1/01
I forgot, card from the weight of the stock used for postcards. A
book that is card bound has covers that are flexible but heavier than
the paper used for the text block. Philatelic dealers also print
books on heavily coated papers that most publishers' would print on a
high rag content bond.