Hard back or Paper back?

[LadyW]

A self explanatory title there :)
Paper back or hard back books?

[Lote-Tree]

A self explanatory title there :)
Paper back or hard back books?

Erm mine is always "Hard Backed"....they last longer...I hate dog ears on paper backs :D

[pussnboots]

paperbacks

[knightss]

paperback =)

[Dori]

Hardcover. Especially if I don't like it. I can get more money by selling them than paperbacks. Also, they make for better door-stops. ;)

[LadyW]

I think I'm more into paperbacks...
Haha I just read that and laughed at how sad it sounds

[amalia1985]

Oh, I love both, really I cannot choose one over the other. I admit, though, that paperbacks are more convenient.

[LadyWentworth]

It really doesn't matter to me which kind it is. Hardcover books are certainly nicer. But paperbacks are cheaper. So, I certainly have many more of those. As for choosing one kind, I suppose it would be paperbacks. That is mainly because of the fact that they are more affordable. I wait for so many books to be released as a paperback because the hardcover book (though I would like to have that kind) is just too expensive sometimes.

[RoCKiTcZa]

Paperback, of course...

I find them much easier to bring from one place to anothr, being considerably lighter than their hardbound counterparts... aside from the fact that they're much, much cheaper. Hardbound books make great collectors' items, though :)

I buy my books in second-hand bookstores where they sell good books for very cheap prices, so what really matters is the content and not the manner of binding.

[vheissu]

Oh, I love both, really I cannot choose one over the other. I admit, though, that paperbacks are more convenient.

I agree with you amalia. Hardbacks are nice to have, it's more difficult to ruin them (although I don't tend to use them as door stops, Dori!:p) but they're also heavy so I don't tend to take them with me. And unless you're bying second-hand, hardbacks are double the price of paperbacks!!

[amalia1985]

I agree with you amalia. Hardbacks are nice to have, it's more difficult to ruin them (although I don't tend to use them as door stops, Dori!:p) but they're also heavy so I don't tend to take them with me. And unless you're bying second-hand, hardbacks are double the price of paperbacks!!

Yes, exactly. You know, last summer, I had the "clever" idea to take three hardbacks with me on vacations...:( :( Well, you can imagine what happened....:flare:

[tractatus]

Even my library % 90 paperback I like both. But i would like a third one, if possible "spiral" back. Sounds not costly advantegous but may much easier to read than others.

[kilted exile]

Hardback for books I am especially fond of want to keep good. Paperback for general reading

[Erichtho]

I prefer hardcover. Usually I can buy only second hand hardcovers though, and buy newer books as paperbacks. The oldest paperback I own is from 1926 - and you can really see its age, while similar hardcovers and even much older books still look good.

[Dori]

I agree with you amalia. Hardbacks are nice to have, it's more difficult to ruin them (although I don't tend to use them as door stops, Dori!:p) but they're also heavy so I don't tend to take them with me. And unless you're bying second-hand, hardbacks are double the price of paperbacks!!


Yes, exactly. You know, last summer, I had the "clever" idea to take three hardbacks with me on vacations...:( :( Well, you can imagine what happened....:flare:

What books are you guys (ladies) carrying around? Fully annotated editions of Shakespeare's collected works? :p

Being a student, I suppose I'm used to carrying 1-2 textbooks with me (much heavier than your average hardcover.

No offence, by the way. I'm just pulling your chain. ;)