What is the difference between a board book and a hardcover book?

Hard cover books have a cardboard cover and thin pages. Board books have all pages of cardboard. More appropriate for liitle fingers.

Board books are generally accepted as being for the consumption of our youngest and most immediately impressionable readers. The ideal age range for kids board books is infant or baby to 4 years old.

In comparison, a board book is a subgenre of the picture book that is designed for the youngest of children. The entire board book, even the inner pages, is made of highly durable paperboard that is specially folded and bound. Even the corner pages are rounded out as to not harm any curious babies.

Paperbacks and hardbacks are very similar, in that they both contain pages made of paper, but paperbacks have a soft flexible cover and hardbacks have a sturdy cover made of paperboard or cardboard. In comparison, in a board book the entire book – including the cover AND the pages – is made of cardboard.

Any of those novelty books you see on the shelves that include a lift-the-flap feature, scratch and sniff, or sound effects are board books. A picture book, on the other hand, is geared toward slightly older readers (ages 4-8). Think early elementary school.

Kids' board books are usually between 8 and 12 spreads (16 to 24 pages) with color pictures, and either no text or text up to about 300 words.

Board books speak to the many moods of childhood. Through skillful use of text, illustrations, typography, color, and layout, board book creators establish a mood that can be enhanced with the proper delivery.

Board books are appropriate for babies aged 6 months to toddlers 4 years old. Once your child is mature enough to understand how to treat a standard book, you can upgrade to children's books printed on standard paper.

Board books are especially infant-friendly, as baby can touch and grab the pages (or even put them in her mouth) without causing much in the way of damage.

Hardcover books are characterized with thick and rigid covers made of cardboard while paperbacks, as their name implies, are books with soft, bendable covers. These types of covers are made with thick paper.

The average shelf life of a paperback book is about 10 to 20 years, while the average shelf life of a hardcover book is about 40 to 60 years. This lies in the fact that paperbacks are more prone to wear and tear than hardcovers. The main thing that affects the lifespan of a book is its physical condition.

The reason hardcover books cost more is because they are the first to be published, the reason they are the first to be published is because they can drive a higher price point. Trades and Mass Market come later to appeal to people who choose not to buy the more expensive book.

Key Difference: Kindle is an electronic e-book reader where the reader needs to download books, magazines, blogs, etc. On the other hand, paperback is like a normal book; it is something a reader can hold in his hand, and is basically like paper.

Unlike with physical books, Amazon has no control over the price of ebooks. If someone has performed the steps required to publish an ebook via Kindle Direct Publishing, they set the price as they please, with no exceptions. This constraint is the reason ebooks sometimes cost more than paperbacks.

Amazon's Kindle book reader can hold thousands of books at one time, in one place; it weighs less and is smaller than a regular paperback. ... Not to mention, it's lightweight in comparison to regular paperbacks. With a paperback, you would be taking up precious space in your hand or carry-on luggage.

Both are smaller than the first generation of Kindles, because their touch-sensitive screens do away with the need for a separate keyboard. An ebook is really just a computer file full of words (and sometimes images). In theory, you could make an ebook just by typing information into a word processor.

You can read on any device. It's available for $9.99 a month and you can cancel anytime.

E-readers can hold thousands of books limited only by their memory and use the same physical space as a conventional book. Most E-ink displays are not back-illuminated and therefore seem to cause no more eye strain than a traditional book and less eye strain than LCD screens, with a longer battery life.