Exactly as advertised.Flimsy covers. But I've ordered five different brands (from Amazon) and they all have relatively thin covers. Where can you get one with a sturdy cover, like the one I've used for the past ten years ?I love this product thank youI used Amazon's 'Ask a Question' function to inquire about the stiffness of the covers on this composition book– "Are the front and back covers of these 'Top Flight' brand composition books made of hard paperboard, stiff enough to write against?"–and received a number of answers from vendors, all indicating that the covers are indeed stiff enough to be written against (as I often must do in my car or in the cockpit). In fact, that is not the case. I'll return the item.When in school, I used to buy, at the student book store, comp books with genuinely firm covers. Loved them. After finishing school, I was able to buy these at some office supply stores, including a Staples-branded version, which has now been reformatted with floppy covers. Such books have essentially disappeared from stores, which is why I went looking at Amazon––and why I was careful to ask my question so plainly.I guess I give up. The style I was able to buy easily just three or four years ago are apparently no longer available, makers having gone to cheaper, lighter covers and lighter weight paper. Instead, I'll pay substantially more to purchase Moleskin brand notebooks that I know have very stiff and long-lasting covers. The Moleskin paper is much, much nicer than any academic-style composition book, too, though one pays dearly for it.Too bad.Cheap, college ruled, 100 sheets comp book. Great! That's what I needed and if that's what you need then these will do the trick. I love composition books for note taking and doing work in (at least as long as I don't need to tear any paper out) and these fit the bill.Ordered college-ruled composition books, received wide-ruled. Evidently someone else had the same problem with Bargain Beavers in August 2016. If you don't care about what you're ordering, this is a wonderful product. I shall be returning mine, however.The product looked brand new off the shelf, no pages were missing or bent/torn. It was college ruled like It said in the description.Nice