The Great Book Debate!

[tan]

Which do you prefer?

I like hardcover books when I bring the book around with me (from home to school) because bent edges on paperback books bug me. I like paperback books when I don't bring it anywhere.

[Jowy]

Paperback because I'm a cheapskate. My copy of <u>Catch-22</u> however is hardcover.

[kikimm]

Yeah, paperback is better cause they're waaay cheaper so you can buy more and more often. However, I do love getting hardbacks. There is something very nice about them. I find paperbacks easier to read, though, since I can bend them better and stuff

[Moon Rabbits]

Aethstetically (I spelled this wrong, I think ), I choose the glossy hardcovers.

But soft cover are cheaper and fit nicely into my hand when I bend them all about when I read.

The only books I've bothered to buy hardcover are encyclopedias/dictionaries/thesaurases/etc., the Harry Potter books, but only because they take too long to come out paperback. If Perks of Being a Wallflower had a hardcover edition, I'd have that.

I also have the hardcover of Catcher in the Rye, as well as a paperback copy.

Hrm...this is a tough question.

EDIT: but I choose softcover, just because they're cheaper and more comfortable to read.

[Paro]

*yawns* hardcover.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I prefer paperback because it costs less, fits my hand better, has more pages, and I don't have to worry about it being damaged as much as those flashy hardcovers.

[Arrianna]

When I was younger I preferred softback because they were easy to take with me. Now I prefer hardback, they last longer.

[GooeyToast]

I prefer hardback, but I usually buy soft because they're mobile and less expensive.

[Ryth]

While paperback is easier on my poor wallet, I prefer hardcover. They look some much fancier and such. I like them.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Paperback. Hardback's are that bit more expensive, and they tend to be much more deadly and harder to carry than paperbacks.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I really do not care either way. I like paperback because it is cheaper. Hardcovers are nice though but too heavy to carry (I am talking all those science textbooks that tend to weight a lot).

[ShunNakamura]

Definately paper back. Cheaper and more bendable.


And finally they tend to last longer. When you read the same book elevenity billion times like I do hard covers have a habbit of thier binding going completely out. Paperbacks get REALLY worn, but tend to kept thier pages for just a bit longer.

[Hawkeye]

Looking at my book collection, it consists of mostly paper back, excluding the Harry Potter books and such, but I tend to like to bend the book often when I'm reading or something.

[Roto13]

eBooks, ftw.

[Miriel]

Um... both!

I like having hardbacks cause they're just so nice. But paperbacks are easier to carry around and read while laying on your back.