Which do you prefer, paperback or Hardcover books? Why?

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Depends on why I'm buying them I tend to buy hard backs if I want to have then to add to my collections. I make sure that they are first editions and I do read them. They are at home books though.

I do not lend them out or anything. I also buy a ton of paperbacks, both trade paperback and mass market releases. I read those everywhere.

I tend to have at least one book in my bag, on book in the bus I drive at work, a book in my car, and anywhere else I can squirell them away. I am a bookaholic, so I can’t help myself. I love the feel, touch, and smell of them, so the more I have the better..

Yes! For reading in bed--paperbacks. For permanance--hardcovers... For a book I want to own forever (I re-read a whole lot) I like to find a good hardcover edition.

For casual junk-reading, I'm happy with paperbacks. For older books that are really special to me, I like to find a copy with some history behind it--an edition with something special about it; an old library copy--I actually like seeing the tracks left behind of former owners who loved the book as well. For favorite authors, I'll buy whatever they publish as soon as possible after the book is released--that's usually hardcover--but if they're a favorite author, that'll put them quickly into the "books to keep forever" category.

I purchase lots of used books from bookstores, and from alibris.com and abebooks.com, powells.com, and amazon.com, as well as through ebay.com. What can I tell you? I'm a book junkie, a writer myself, and a compulsive reader.

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Paperbacks. When reading novels for pleasure, I prefer paperbacks primarily because they’re easier to tote around and I usually take a book with me wherever I go. My pocketbook is big enough for a paperback, but not a hardcover and its just easier to have my hands free.

Also, I’m often a bit of a flake and if I’m carrying a hardcover and set it down somewhere, there’s the chance that I’ll forget it. There’s nothing worse than losing a book that you’re halfway through. (Especially if it was good.

Or a library book! ) Paperbacks are cheaper, which is important if you read a lot. They also take up less space if you live in a small house like I do and tend to hold on to the ones you like.

They also cost less for my sister and me to mail back and forth to each other as we do. I do buy some books I really like and want to keep forever in hardcover, or hardcovers on the remainder table but I’ll seldom buy new books in hardcover--especially if there aren’t very many words on each page! For example, I love Robert B.

Parker, but I don’t buy him in HC ’cause you can read one of his whole books in about 2 hours. It's just too expensive! Umbalia's Recommendations Fight Prime Time - Read a Book!

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I like nicely printed books in either format, but often just buy cheap editions.... I really like nicely printed and bound hardback books dating from earlier than about 1960. These books tend to be of high quality and considerably more compact than modern hardbacks. Actually, they're much smaller than most paperbacks produced these days.

They tend to have relatively small type. Such bindings are ideal for travelling with as they're typical much smaller than even a modern paperback edition of the same book. This is a little harder on the eyes, I suppose, but I don't find that a problem at present.

With books printed in the last few decades, I tend to prefer paperbacks as the hardback alternatives tend to be extremely large (taking up altogether too much room on already overstretched bookshelves, as well as being inconvenient for reading anywhere other than in the house which is a problem for anybody that travels a lot) and printed on low-density paper. I get the impression that modern hardbacks, other than certain special editions are designed to be just as disposable as paperbacks. They're printed on a slightly higher grade of paper, but nothing like the quality that one finds in older books and the typesetting is often of a very similar quality to the cheaper paperback forms.

Strangely, this isn't the case with the kind of books I read at work (ludicrously expensive maths books, as a rule) where the small production runs and high cost justifies the use of proper typesetting and higher grades of paper.

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Depends on why I'm buying them I tend to buy hard backs if I want to have then to add to my collections. I make sure that they are first editions and I do read them. They are at home books though.

I do not lend them out or anything. I also buy a ton of paperbacks, both trade paperback and mass market releases. I read those everywhere.

I tend to have at least one book in my bag, on book in the bus I drive at work, a book in my car, and anywhere else I can squirell them away. I am a bookaholic, so I can’t help myself. I love the feel, touch, and smell of them, so the more I have the better.

Paperback They are easier to hold up in bed, and easier to carry around in my purse or messenger bag. They are also easier to re-sell on eBay, because shipping is cheaper. For gifts of special books, I like to buy the hardback version.

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