Generally speaking, the hardcover edition is expensive and the regular edition is cheap. The content is the same except the cover. See if you like it. I bought both of them. By the way, the hardcover edition has Jay's hot stamping signature. The book of movie events is ok, it is all things with the initial d, the introduction of plot characters and so on, and a set of postcards of the movie is also sent, which is not bad. Personally, I prefer the black and white version of Slam Dunk.