Trade Hardcover: Published with a glued binding and a hardcover. Trade hardcover editions are usually current fiction or nonfiction and are generally published for the average consumer. Publishers promote and advertise these titles more aggressively and print runs are greater than the norm.
Juvenile Trade Hardcover: Published with a glued binding and a hardcover. Current popular fiction or nonfiction books designed for children, usually with subject matter of broad appeal. Publisher promote and advertise these titles more aggressively and print run are greater than the norm.
Publisher’s Library Reinforced: Published with a high quality, usually fanned, sewn and glued binding. Sometimes known as a "School" or "Library" binding. This binding has the durability required in a high use library setting and is usually reserved for children's materials. All publisher library reinforced editions will receive the discount quoted in this category.
Hardcover Reinforced: Published with a durable fanned and glued hardcover binding that may or may not be sewn. Also known as “Single Reinforced”, "School" or "Library" binding. Subject matter may be directed at adults or juveniles (though they are usually reserved for children's materials) and may be fiction or nonfiction.
Non-Trade Hardcover: Published with a glued binding. Subject matter such as technical, reference, scientific, medical publications, retrospective titles, titles published by a small press for adult and juvenile readers, and/or titles on which Brodart receives minimal or no discount. Publishers whose titles have limited sales volume and those who are not in compliance with Brodart’s purchasing requirements may be in this category.
University Press: Hardcover and paperback selections from publishers that are associated with universities of higher education.
Trade Paperbacks: May also be known as a trade paper or quality paperback for popular and current trade titles published with a paper cover. The quality of the paper and printing in trade and quality paperbacks is usually high.
Mass Market Paperbacks: Mass market paperbacks are paperbacks sized to fit standard retail display racks; trade paperbacks have larger page sizes. Trade discounted paperback editions are generally published for the average consumer with subject matter of broad appeal.
Non-Trade Paperbacks: Published with a quality paper cover. Subject matter such as technical, reference, scientific, medical publications, retrospective publications, small presses for adult and juvenile readers and paperback titles on which Brodart receives minimal or no discount, publishers that require prepayment. Publishers whose titles have limited sales volume and those who are not in compliance with Brodart's purchasing requirements may be in this category.
BrodartBound: High-quality bindings significantly extend the life of a book by using the finest materials and processes in the industry. More durable double-fan adhesive or sewn binding replaces the publisher's original binding. The publisher's colorful, illustrated paperback cover is scanned, digitized, and reprinted to produce new cover sheets that are wrapped around heavy hardback board.
BrodartConvert: Originally published in paperback and converted to hardcover.
BrodartGuard: Paperback reinforced with a 10-mil (2-mil spine) laminated cover.
Playaway® Digital Audio: Audio content provided on an independent player.
Spoken Word Audio: Recorded reading of a book in abridged or unabridged form on compact disc format. Also known as audiobook.
DVD: Optical disc storage media format used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality.
Blu-ray: Optical disc storage media format used for playback of movies with high definition video and audio as well as advanced interactive features.