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For me it's hardcover.

>> No.15567633

Paperback because I'm not bourgeois

>> No.15567665

Paperback easy.
Comfier holding, better grip when I read (I like to lay down and read).

Books with creased spines are more aesthetic anyways

>> No.15567673

kindle

>> No.15567773

>>15567446
Why hardcover OP?

>> No.15567913

>>15567446
Same here. They hold up better over the long run. Look better on a shelf as well though that is really of secondary or tertiary concern.

>> No.15568061

Hardcovers are usually bigger and take up more shelf space, if I had unlimited space for them I'd probably buy more of them.

>> No.15568306

>>15567773
Hardcover feels better in my hands and most collectible or cool books I own are hardcover and way more aesthetically pleasing. I'm always proud of my illustrated Compleat Angler or leather bound Lost Horizon. That and I save up for my books knowing that I want a cool version of a book, so price isn't always an issue. Then I read them and they look really nice on my shelves.

>> No.15568357

>>15567446
depends on size. Big books like picrelated should only be read in hardcover. Shorter books are acceptable in both.

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>>15568357
forgot pic

>> No.15568377

>>15568370
is there even a hardcover version of that translation/edition?

>> No.15568408

Theoretically I would like hardbacks better, they last longer and they’re more attractive. But right now my main strategy for buying books is secondhand paperbacks to save all the money I can, when I’m not checking stuff out from the library. Maybe one day I’ll buy hardbacks but right now paper is fine by me, I’d rather have more cheaper books than fewer prettier ones.

>> No.15568411

>>15568377
most publishers use the same translation for every edition they put out.

>> No.15568452

pdf

>> No.15568470

>>15567446
When I was 11 there was a secondhand bookstore that had two stories full of books stacked like this. I went there to buy some old trade paperbacks, and the lady who owned the store gave me one more for free.

The next time I went with my friends, and I was one of those kids who was fine on his own, but a total dick when with 'the boys', so we went upstairs, and while they stood watch I turned on the tap in the bathroom an locked the door. Then we both left.

We then heard that the entire first floor (all the shelves, books) were ruined by water damage.

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>>15567446
*crosses your path*

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15568545

>Paperback because I'm not bourgeois

>> No.15568553

>>15568470
What a little shit you were.

>> No.15568555

>>15568411
Was asking because I didn't find this translation in hardcover.

>> No.15568561

>>15567446
Depends on how many pages.

>> No.15568568

>>15568470
What have you escalated to now, shitting in the books?

>> No.15568575

>>15567446
I exclusively use scrolls made of vellum

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>>15568470
Stop posting this in every thread.

>> No.15568590

Hardcover easy.
Comfier holding, better grip when I read (I like to lay it down in my palm and read).

Books with uncreased spines are more aesthetic anyways

>> No.15568592

>>15568555
Signet uses the same translations as Penguin as far as I know. Buy a Penguin Hardcover. I own their hardcover of Monte Cristo and it's nice and comfy on the hand. The paperback is gonna die in your hands with such a long book.

>> No.15568593

>>15568545
>buy used hardcover online for half the price of a paperback

nothing personnel kid

>> No.15568611

>>15568592
Penguin hardcover uses another translation, I just checked. Bummer. But thanks for the advice.

>> No.15568654

>>15568593
This, second hand hardcover is way better than paperback

>> No.15568863

>>15567446
whatever's the cheapest

>> No.15568877

i love a dusty ass book desu

>> No.15568894

>>15567446
If money is no issue, hardcover. If it's something to be read over and over again, hardcover. If it's cheap as shit copies of French literature, then paperback, because there's a really cheap (and actually decent) publisher for French paperbacks.
I use an ereader for the most part though, because getting one of those is pretty cheap (in the long run) and then all the free books online makes up for it. If I had more money, and weren't stuck living on a couch, I'd probably get more hardcovers though.

>> No.15568924

I enjoy bending paperbacks

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>>15568924
Me too

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15569154

i read mostly on the train or in bed so paperbacks or kindle for me. i like how paperbacks look when they're thrashed as well. i also think they're just cool portable art objects for the masses; i'm crazy about penguin paperbacks from the 60s and 70s and paperbacks tend to have more interesting art in general.

>> No.15569468

>>15569154
Dude I have quite a few of those isaac asimov brand mail order short story compilations from the 60s. I must say, although hardcover is better, that those vintage scifi paperbacks are tough to beat.