happyanddandy Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 happyanddandy, I think it may be check this out .: http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?stores=1 That's the one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fireball Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Definitely hardbacks.! Though I, to be honest with you, for some reason or another missed out on "their" first outing, I've come across some great paperback, such as Michael Jecks marvellous Medieval mysteries, and CJ Sansom's 'Mathew Shardlake' mysteries are brill, oh.. and then there's AJ Hartley books, sort of across archaeology and history books combined with a mystery and thriller books brill stuff.! For some of us it's the convenience thing which is important, and being able to carry it around with one, (that helps!) for some it's both weight and size (in some places, apparently, size does matter. ! Ooh errrr!! ) For me too, and I mentioned this before on this site (somewhere!) the smell of a brand new hardback slightly different from the paperback, which a very nice whif too!, but a hardback is a oooooohhhhhhhhh to me.!!! Someone made mention on this thread, about 'cracking the spine' and some here had the vapours.!!! I think it's a figure of speech myself.! Though I think fellow BCForumites will agree, some gluing on paperbacks leaves A LOT to be desired, I mean after one reading you've got a bloody great line or lines on the spine which is not a good thing really, after a bit more reading which shows HOW much you've enjoyed it, but not after one session though ...eh.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I like spines cracked on my books. It lets me keep track of the ones I've read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sib Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I prefer paperbacks. I know hardbacks last longer, but paperbacks are lighter when you´re reading them and you can open them out to read better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I used to be strictly hardbacks. I just love the feel and look of them especially those dark leather or embossed ones and the older the better. Now I think I'm mellowing, I just want to read and have bought more paperbacks than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Looks like hardbacks may be going the way of the dodo. Article here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Now, that's upset me quite a bit. What if other publishers follow suit? I LOVE having hardbacks - they last longer and they look nicer on my shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fireball Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Now that IS sad reading indeed. Nothing like a hardback truly, I know there's their drawbacks, but still all in all there is nothing like them in my opinion. And like anything else if treated right, they see you out.! But I don't honestly do see the end of hardbacks though,there's something about them that will not die. They could try and not make some of 'em far to big and ridiculously heavy for starters, as too could 'conventional' hardbacks be a bit on heavy side as well on necessarily so I think, not so much the binding, but the actual thing they use to MAKE it a hardback.! Because it's that bit that makes all the difference. They really should look into that bit again, I mean as one wag told me once years ago, it was reinforced cardboard was all it was, I half believed him.! Like I said there's nothing like a hardback, long may it be it so. In to-day's technology there's no rhyme or reason for hardbacks to be what they are, both in price and in the ridiculous size of some of them. Know doubt some will cite moving and costs etc, doesn't seem to bother very much paperbacks does it.? Know doubt there'll be some smart mouth coming along and giving somesuch bull shine as to why hardbacks are sooo expensive, like everything else take it in a very small, VERY, small thimbleful, 'cause he'll, it usually is a he, because he'll be talking unmitigated bullsh.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger53 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I like them both. Paperbacks don't take up so much room, but then hardbacks are more durable. As to the death of the hardback, wasn't it said that when computers became common books would disappear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I love hardbacks. They can be awkward to read, but eventually I'm going to trade in all my paperbacks for hardback editions. They make books sturdier and fancier, I like how they look. Also, the hardback dustcovers are often nicer than paperback covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I prefer paperbacks. They're easier to hold and carry around than hardbacks. Hardbacks are a lot nicer looking though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I prefer paperbacks by a million miles, and will always choose them over hardbacks, however I know different people prefer the hardbacks, so hope they don't get rid of them, I just wish a hardback and paperback edition were both released at the beginning, rather than having to wait a year for it in paperback form, it costs me a fortune to buy the book in hardback and then replace in when it's out in paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Paperbacks for me every time. I will only buy hardbacks if I'm desperate to read an authors latest book, and even then, I would probably try to get it from the library first, then wait to buy it in paperback. At the moment, the only author who warrants buying hardbacks, is Alexander McCall Smith, but only the Isabel Dalhousie series of books, which I devour as soon as I get my hands on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Cost-wise obviously paperback. Though, if i really like the novel, i'll try and get hardback edition. I love them both though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 When I recently bought The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies, I had a choice of a ghastly yellow paperback with black writing, or a stunning black hardback with yellow writing and the four bunnies on it. I chose the hardback and it only cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I can see where you're coming from, Roxi, but when you have as many books as we do, with so many bookshelves, hardbacks just take up more space and they would just be sat on the shelf with only the spine visible, and chances are I wouldn't read it again either, so it would be a bit of a waste of space and money. Plus, I hardbacks are too heavy to carry around in an already full to bursting bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Either for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I tend to buy only only non ficton in hardbook editions, and would never buy fiction as hardbacks. Mainly because like others said, paperbacks are more portable, but also because it gets expensive when hardbacks cost so much more. Non fiction is different because I tend to use them as reference books and they are used and read so much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadenza Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I prefer paperbacks because, although hardbacks look nice on the shelf and come out sooner, paperbacks are cheaper and easier to carry around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Generally I prefer paperbacks, they're easier to carry around, cheaper and don't have annoying dust jackets (which I always take off paper backs) I always feel I need to keep hardbacks neat too (try telling that to my copy of Goblet of Fire!). I do prefer the way hardbacks look though and for a book I want a copy to treasure rather than just to read I would probably go for the hardcover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Cost - it has to be paperbacks mostly. Looks - quite often the hardback is better looking. Reading - each has it's own merits. Carrying - got to be the paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I never read anywhere but at home, and I only buy the hardbacks of books I love. But hardbacks are still certainly my favourite irrespective of the practicality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I love hardbacks but can't afford them and they aren't easy to carry round. However, that said, I love a book however it comes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I prefer paperbacks because, although hardbacks look nice on the shelf and come out sooner, paperbacks are cheaper and easier to carry around. I do have some hardbacks but like you I prefer paperbacks for thje same reason as you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 For me, it's hardcovers all the way. Don't care that they are bulky, don't care that they cost more, don't care that they are more expensive to ship to Canada. They are lovely & that, to me, is all that matters! If I could afford it all my books would be hardcovers, but sadly, I am often forced to resort to paperbacks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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