Hard Cover To Soft Cover Order ?

Hi
Is there a simple way to change my order (before I send it off) from a hard cover choice to a soft cover option ? I thought I had selected soft cover in the first place but I'm only getting a hard cover option when I click to buy book.
Thanks for any help !
Mike

That warning comes up before you tell it what to change to - if you change to a theme with substantially different text layouts you might lose something but just changing from hard cover to soft cover should not - but anything can happen - that is why a current backup is critical to avoid losing computer data including photos - I would update my current backup just before making the change just in case
But you should not lose anything
LN

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