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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Paperback or Hardcover?

This week I'm curious---Do you prefer paperback or hardcover? Or neither? I'll pretty much always buy the paperback if it's available. For one, it's cheaper and I'm a penny pincher. For two, hardcovers seriously hurt my hands. I always end up with a sore thumb, or a sore neck, or something sore when I'm holding a heavy covered book. At the same time, hardcovers are a lot prettier and I feel like a traitor to their beautiful covers.

Forever torn. How about you?
Posted by Amanda at 10:00 AM

16 comments:

  1. Melissa (i swim for oceans)January 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    I much prefer hardcover, but they're so bloody expensive that I'll usually go for paperback...unless it's a series like Harry Potter or The Mortal Instruments. I had to have those all in hardcover :)

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  2. Jenni ElyseJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    If it's a book I really, really like, I always buy it in hard cover if it's available. Otherwise, I go with paperback or my Kindle.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    I like both. If the book is available in paperback and hardcover I will purchase the paperback because it's cheaper.

    Hardcovers are great because they're more durable and they look really great on a shelf lol BUT the dust jacket usually bothers me so I usually take it off when reading.

    Thinking about it now, I too am torn. :/ I don't necessarily like paperbacks more but I do own more of them just because they're cheaper yet they still give me what I want the most- the story.

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  4. Sniffly KittyJanuary 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    I love reading paperbacks for the same reasons that they're cheap and much easier to hold and read.

    I love owning hardbacks because they're prettier. It usually depends on when I break down and buy a series. If I have the first one in paperback, I want all the rest in paperback so that the series looks all the same on my shelf.

    I think I may be somewhat of an organization freak >.<

    Sniffly Kitty
    Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books

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  5. Celiac LibrarianJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    If I'm buying a book to read it the first time I buy paperback because it fits in my purse, is easy to hold and I'm broke.

    However, if I read the book at the library originally (what I usually do) and I'm buying it because it's a favourite I want on my shelf or because I've loved the earlier books in a series I go for the Hardcover. They are beautiful and durable.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Paperback! They are much more easier to hold, and well, I don't have a job, so they are cheaper. Usually I wait until it comes out in paperback before buying it, but if I absolutly cannot wait, I'll go ahead and buy it.

    But I NEVER buy hardbacks in store, because they are so much cheaper online... well, at Barnes and Noble they are. xD

    And I don't like the jackets on hardcover books. I hate reading with them on,so I'll take them off and then loose them and they'll get squished somehow.

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  7. NormaJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    I prefer e-books or digital audio.

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  8. StormiJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    For collectable books I go for hardback but if its just a book I want to read I usually go for paperback.

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  9. AmandaJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I take the jackets off too. It annoys me when they slip off, or don't lay flat when the book is open. I also take them off and keep them on the rare occasion I loan a book to someone. Don't want to take chances!

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  10. VandyJJanuary 9, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    I have some books in hard cover, some in paperback. If it's a book I'll read over and over and it's available in hard back, I like to get it that way, but lots of the books I read only come in paperback. I also read out loud to my husband and sons and I prefer the hard back to read from, it's easier.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 9, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Honestly, I can't choose!!! I love hardcover because my books stay perfectly in tact and never get damaged however, I love paperbacks because they are smaller and more convenient! lol

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  12. Nina B.January 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    I typically prefer paperbacks for the same reason - because they're cheaper. I almost never buy hardbacks - most of my hardback books I bought secondhand. But I do have a couple new books in hardback, it's just that when I went to the book store they were the either the last stock or there's no paperback version and I badly need the book.

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  13. Blueicegal ♥January 9, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    LOL everyone prefers paperbacks because they are cheaper, I just prefer paperback because I genuinely like them more. Hardbacks are kind of annoying, they hurt after you keep hold of the book for a while, I just love something about the way a paperback feels in my hands.

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  14. Miranda HardyJanuary 9, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    I enjoy paperbacks, too. They are less bulky and easy to put in my purse.

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  15. Vicki S January 9, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    Paperbacks for all the reasons mentioned above - plus the goal of uniformity on my shelves. I much prefer mass-market sized paperbacks to trade because of their compactness and seeming to stay in better shape for longer. The only hardcovers I own are the HP books (but I also now own a set of paperbacks for reading).

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    I prefer paperbacks! My obvious reasons would be because I could put them inside my bag, which also contains my toddler's essential stuff when we go out, be able to hold them while reading with just one hand while the other holds my boy's hand (especially if we are riding trains), and they take less space in my already full bookshelves. :)

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