/lit/ - Literature

no

>>18590692
you don't like the look of an organized bookshelf?

>>18590680
Only sane reason to replace a paperback with a hardback is if you wore out the paperback and expect to use the new copy as much as the old.

seems like a terrific way to flush money down the toilet

>>18590730
certainly

>>18590680
I have 3 shelves, 3 feet long each. When they get full I select what is important and bring the remainder down to Goodwill.

Also, I hate hardcover. Really annoying to handle and I feel guilty carrying them around because they get damaged easily.

Why yes, indeed I do.

>>18590745
>they get damaged easily.
what sort of cheap hardcovers are you buying?

>>18590730
Lmao, if you are this much of a poorfag just read ebooks kek.

>>18590680
you plan on starting a private library?
I hope you have a dedicated study room if you plan on starting a collection

>>18590761
whatever you say

>>18590680
Leather bound books are so fucking cool...

>>18590758
I'm not. I'm throwing them in my backpack with other random stuff and the corners always get dented and the edges of the cover frayed.

>>18590680
>replace
Implying I ever wasted money on a paperback

>>18590848
then what do you flaunt in front of your guests to signal to them your superior intellect?

>>18590859
I read ebooks first. If I decide that the book was worthy of multiple re-reads throughout my life, then I'll buy it in the finest hardback available.

>>18590680
I fucking hate hardcovers. Bougie shit that makes it hard to read.

>>18590680
I buy hardbacks of the books that I like enough to want to keep for posterity.
Also a lot of the books I like have small print runs and are typically hardback anyway so I snatch them up.

>>18590680
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>>18590794
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>>18590848
All things turn to dust. The book is the story and, which will be passed down through what you get out of it culturally regardless of whether it is in a hardcover or paperback.

I have hardcovers of the classics, like Shakespeare, The Iliad, The Odyssey and Paradise Lost but most of my books are softcover.

>>18590680
Yes. If I ever get enough money and space, I'll also try and find the foreign ones in their original language.

>>18590949
hardcover is easier to read bro, they dont close themselves like paperbacks do.

>>18590794
beautiful

>>18591088
My hands aren't super big or lanky, so shit just gets in the way. I also don't know what to do with dust covers.

>>18590680

Depends what it's for.

Collecting only hard covers is ostentatious unless you're collecting for investment purposes. If you want a meme wall to project your "superior intelligence" or class status, go ahead. The written word is a consumable good and should be treated as such.

>>18592139
Clothbound Hardcover’s with sewn bindings are better to read than paperbacks though and will last longer

Paperback
>Soft and fluffy
>Cheap
>Lightweight
>Bends easily
>More structurally durable

Hardbacks
>Literal block of wood
>Will dent
>Will wear out faster
>Heavy
>Not portable
>Not flexible
>More expensive

I'll stick with my paperbacks, thank you.

>>18592212
Based. Also hardbacks are ugly. The chonky tomes people gape at on here are invariably reddit in appearance.

>>18592139
>The written word is a consumable good and should be treated as such.
I hope you're not someone who complains (or "critiques") about consumerism, reification or materialism.

>>18590704
I don't own any books because it is a waste of time, space and money to amass, store, and maintain them. A money sink, which retains almost ZERO resale value, only to rot in horder-tier shelves and piles serving to limit one's acute square footage and geographic mobility at large (logistics of shipping worthless heavy volumes). Most midwits use books as ornamental props. I own a Sony DPS 13.3", and have nearing 10k ebooks. I have read more than the pseuds on this entire site. There is ZERO reason to own a physical book unless it is absolutely unavailable as a PDF. I resent people with bookshelves. I see them on Zoom and in real life and I know it is all for show and they are CONSOOOMERs wanting trinkets and trifles, balls and chains to keep them content in their little designated living spaces.

>>18590730
Based.

>>18592212
what? hardbacks last longer

>>18590680
Of course I do. I take my paperbacks to a local bookbinder so that he can make fine hardcovers for me.
The pleasure of a beautiful and organized personal library is essential for fruitful reading and thinking.

>>18592338
you'll own nothing
and you'll be happy

>>18590859
this is what i do too

>>18590680
Only within the fantasy of preparing to be a father.

>>18592338
The feel of real books cannot be replaced.
I also have my doubts as to how long we will still live in this technological wonderland. Most people dont even know how many resources just maintaining the internet takes.
I believe having a nice library in your house is good for a childs development as well. Being surrounded by books since childhood and being read to as a kid definitely had a positive impact on my life. In the short term it made me value education more and become a better student.
And lastly its just beautiful to pass down books from generation to generation, or at least down to your kids or grandkids. I still have a book of roman satyres from my grand grand father.

wheres a good place to buy paperbacks, used or cheaper than, and without having to use, amazon? i really dont like buying items from these massive physical digital enterprises...
the problem is that those enterprises seem to be the only ones selling older literature

Your make believe of that your hard cover fifty shades is a grimoire is cringy. Stop the hard cover meme.

>>18593368
>The feel of real books cannot be replaced.
>I also have my doubts as to how long we will still live in this technological wonderland.Most people dont even know how many resources just maintaining the internet takes.
>I believe having a nice library in your house is good for a childs development as well.
>Being surrounded by books since childhood and being read to as a kid definitely had a positive impact on my life.
>In the short term it made me value education more and become a better student.
>And lastly its just beautiful to pass down books from generation to generation, or at least down to your kids or grandkids.
God, are you literally me?

>>18593368
Heres the book with some writings on the margin

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>>18590680
>owning physical books

>>18593368
the ever increasing digitalization is reshaping man into a mechanized creation. sure, book printing is a product of the industrial revolution, however holding a physical item feels in some way harmonious with nature and in that sense a rekindling of what it means to be human.
the technics in the elite hierarchy would like us to diminish or be integrated in their "Fourth Industrial Revolution" by reinterpreting what it means to be human through synthetic bullshit that denatures us from the classics of biology.

>>18590680
Why does everyone hate paperbacks? I don't want to spend 10x more on a hardcover when I can just get a wordsworth/collins classic and enjoy it anyway. Also, I find hardcovers more cumbersome and harder to hold.

>>18593708
probably not the best site out there but as I live in the EU, bookdepository is pretty nice. Not the cheapest but they have a big catalogue and free shipping.

>>18593708
Look for a bookstore chain in your country that ships or a site specific to your country. In my experience it is cheaper that ordering from an international company.

>>18590680
I don't replace them but I do like having different copies of books I really like, often in different languages.

>>18592212
*bends all your paperbacks*

>>18590680
No, I own a fair amount of manga and light novels, neither of which come in hardback. Also, I find that paperbacks are easier to maintain.