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Hardcover or paperback?

post #1 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:17am
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For books that you intend on purchasing and keeping, which do you prefer?
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post #2 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:19am
trade paperback > hardcover > Kindle > mass market
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post #3 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:20am
hardcover.
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post #4 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:23am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
For books that you intend on purchasing and keeping, which do you prefer?
Hardcover. I have a library and they look better on the shelf and stand up to more wear. But then again I prefer to buy editions with some history on them, which typically means a hardcover. Do you plan to go to law school? ~ H
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post #5 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:25am
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Hardcover. I have a library and they look better on the shelf and stand up to more wear. But then again I prefer to buy editions with some history on them, which typically means a hardcover. Do you plan to go to law school? ~ H
I also like to buy older books. Currently, no plans to attend law school
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post #6 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:39am
Whichever is cheaper at the time I choose to purchase.
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post #7 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:40am
Paperback for books I read. I highlight and parenthesize novels and have no intention of displaying them for cocktail party fodder.
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post #8 of 21
11/2/09 at 2:41am
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I also like to buy older books. Currently, no plans to attend law school
Interesting -- about the books. About law school -- good call (he says, feeling the burden a bit tonight) ~ H
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post #9 of 21
11/2/09 at 3:02am
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post #10 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:14am
Paperbacks are only a last resort for me. I hate them and the fact that they've become the standard for all printing but the first fun. I would rather have a used hardcover than a new paperback.
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post #11 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:21am
I actually enjoy reading paperback books more because they are easier to handle because the cover bends with my hand (especially when flipping through the book). For collecting purposes, I prefer hardback books. In the end, I buy whatever is convenient, but I prefer hardback.
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post #12 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:22am
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Paperbacks are only a last resort for me. I hate them and the fact that they've become the standard for all printing but the first fun. I would rather have a used hardcover than a new paperback.
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post #13 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
Hardcover. I have a library and they look better on the shelf and stand up to more wear.

But then again I prefer to buy editions with some history on them, which typically means a hardcover.

~ H

+1. I don't like the look of paperbacks in my book case.
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post #14 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:40am
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I love the artwork on hardcovers from the 70s and 80s. Rather austere. It almost seems charmingly dated. For example, I just bought a first edition of this:
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post #15 of 21
11/2/09 at 11:40am
Hardcover FTW.

Not only do they look better on a bookcase, they seem as if they can withstand more wear-and-tear.
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