hardback edition

基本解釋

The publisher proposed to do both a hardback and a cheap paperback edition.
出版商提議既出精裝本也出廉價的紙麪本。

So Gipps has taken things into his own hands and, after negotiating with rights holder Random House, will be producing a hardback omnibus edition for fans and new readers alike.
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