Hardcover vs Paperback

Hardcover tends to be more durable and collectable while Paperback tends to be cheaper and more convientient. I prefer 1st edition hardcovers. What about you OT? I'd do a poll but I have one going in PC hardware right now and can only make one every 24Hrs.

E-bookferrari2001

Nooo. Nooooooooooo :x

I prefer the look and feel of hardcover, but I'll take either. Paperbacks are cheaper, so many times, I go with those.

hardback when it's a book I want to keep and cherish. Otherwise I want an e-book, so I can carry it in my pocket.

If there about the same price: Hardback

Paperback, lighter and more flexible. I like old beaten up ones... I enjoy reading a book I know others have read before me.

I like old beaten up ones... I enjoy reading a book I know others have read before me.

joesh89

I prefer hardcover. It comforts me to know that a book will live on for many years.

Paperback. I don't see the point of a hardcover honestly- it doubles the price and it is much less durable, you always have to worry about keeping it in good condition which is pretty hard for me since I rarely read at home.

hardbacks are way overpriced now that digital books are a few bucks.Allicrombie

Stone tablet.

Paper-backs and eBooks.

Paperback. It's cheaper than hardcover but if I want the book I'd get it in hardcover does't really bother me except the paper covers on the hardcover books.

It depends what I'm getting the book for.

If it is to add to my collection, I will get the hardcover. But if it is to read on the go, I will go with the paperback (well, now ebook), simply because it is easier to carry around and cheaper, and I like my books to be of a consistent size on my shelf (which, at least the mass-market paperbacks are).

hardcover it has much more durability. Soft gets tattered much easier

I'm not really into collecting books, but I prefer hardcover.

Stone tablet.

Blue-Sky

I buy the one that's on sale.

Paperback, because it's more convenient.

Paperback since i like the feel and the small paperback books fit in my back pocketleonard88

haha, i do/did the same when i was in highschool. we had a free period right after lunch where we were supposed to do homework or sit there quietly. i always read. i would take my book with me to lunch, otherwise id be late if i had to go to my locker after lunch. i always found it hard to get my lunch and hold my book, until i realized it fit in my back pocket. made things so much easier:P

i like holding paperback books far more than hardcovers.

hardcover books look better.

E-bookferrari2001

For prose novels (which I don't read outside of educational textbooks) hardcover, but for comic books, paperbacks.

Hardcover books for me. I carry them everywhere.

E-bookferrari2001

What E said.

I prefer bareback....

[spoiler] No cover at all, just the paper with words [/spoiler]

paperback cause its cheaper

Hardcover > Paperback

eBooks are AWFUL and I will never read one.

Paperbacks, because I can trade them in for credit at the secondhand bookstores I frequent. But if it's a really good series that I plan on keeping, I'll buy hardcovers.

Right now, I'm on book 2 of The Hunger Games. They are definitely keeper.

Like you said...hardcovers are good for collecting and they are more durable, but paperbacks are more functional and easier to carry around. If I'm keeping the book, I want hardcover, if I'm just reading it for the sake of reading it (no intentions of keeping it) then I like paperbacks

paperback writer...paperback writer

Written on napkins... that is how I read the entire Harry Potter series. Seriously though, hardcovers. I feel like I am breaking the softcovers by just simply reading them. Like when I can only get a book in softcover, I read them with the front and back covers 90 degrees from each other (like a L shape) to not ruin the spine... I have always had that weird fear. ice_radon

Hardcover. Paperbacks are desperate to snap shut the instant you lose your grip on them, you have to pry them open to read the words in the center by the spine, you have to hold them this way to read the left hand page and that way to read the right hand page. And the print is usually microscopic.

Gimme a nice big book any day.