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Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:03:30 2020 No.15762453 [Reply] [Original]

The endless debate, paperback vs hardcover.
Which is it, /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:04:12 2020 No.15762458 >>15762453 Flexible full-grain leather cover.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:08:19 2020 No.15762476 >>15762453 Hi, thank you for posting that thread. The best way to read a book is to print it yourself on a4 paper.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:08:21 2020 No.15762477 File: 367 KB, 640x1136, E90BDF87-1DBF-44DE-B075-64F309108D19.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15762458

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:09:54 2020 No.15762488 >>15762477 u gonna cum bruh??

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:13:56 2020 No.15762504 File: 52 KB, 946x640, 1593621581742.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15762453 I prefer manuscripts made out of vellum

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:14:31 2020 No.15762506 >>15762453 Ebooks, I don't have any space left on my shelves.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:16:29 2020 No.15762512 I think most people would agree that hardcovers are better but still buy paperbacks because they're cheaper.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:17:51 2020 No.15762517 >>15762453 Read a fucking book

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 02:39:18 2020 No.15762579 >>15762453 hardcover when possible, paperbacks are fine if not

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:04:46 2020 No.15762698 >>15762579 this

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:09:42 2020 No.15762716 >>15762453 Paperback simply because of price and I hate hardcover jackets

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:13:42 2020 No.15762729 paperback so i can curl the pages and read with one hand hardback splines split and all the nice artwork is only printed on the stupid flimsy plastic-coated paper wrap that just gets in the way when reading

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:31:13 2020 No.15762795 File: 118 KB, 640x931, 1572255491726.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:45:40 2020 No.15762840 >>15762795 what did he mean by this

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:46:46 2020 No.15762850 >>15762453 hardback is better quality but paperback is much cheaper and that's what's important for me

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:50:49 2020 No.15762862 >>15762453 black

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:52:45 2020 No.15762868 >>15762453 I don't like hardback because it's bulky and annoying. I prefer papercover.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:54:40 2020 No.15762875 >>15762453 paper backs for something you will read once hardcover for books you want to keep

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:54:58 2020 No.15762877 >>15762795 I think you're looking for >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:56:28 2020 No.15762883 >>15762453 Hard cover if spine is leather ... otherwise used paperback. I either want the best or the cheapest.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:56:35 2020 No.15762885 >>15762795 I’ll have what she’s reading

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 03:58:03 2020 No.15762889 >>15762840 He likes the Big Black Backs (BBB).

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 05:17:11 2020 No.15763156 File: 666 KB, 1229x1240, Screenshot_20200702-215539_Chrome.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Jackets on hardcovers a so fucking irritating, and no I cant just take them of.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 05:48:39 2020 No.15763263 File: 52 KB, 480x480, 1588570390584.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I prefer cave paintings myself.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 06:20:50 2020 No.15763400 File: 111 KB, 450x625, ''greatfattedbull''.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15762453 clay tablets, of course

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 06:25:12 2020 No.15763418 >>15762453 Hardcover if you can, paperback if you must (never a mass market trade). >>15762506 You don't have shelves to have space on. Just give up trying to be /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 08:02:18 2020 No.15763777 I just buy the cheapest one I can get thrifted

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 08:07:23 2020 No.15763802 >>15763418 Kill yourself faggot

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:14:33 2020 No.15764121 File: 279 KB, 800x1132, aaah.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15763156 you're supposed to take them off because you're supposed to finish any book within a week or at least 2, upon which you then put the dust cover back on.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:15:58 2020 No.15764132 >>15762453 digital then hardback if its something you love

>>	report Fri Jul 3 09:23:54 2020 No.15764190 >>15763400 patrician

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:24:24 2020 No.15764193 >>15762453 I only like paperbacks and on top of that I only like the small ones.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:27:33 2020 No.15764208 File: 5 KB, 300x300, N.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15762453

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:52:28 2020 No.15764342 >>15762453 i get paperback for books i really like, epub for books i want to read but dont feel like buying but hardback would be ideal for reference books &c. also tfw no lightskin /lit/ gf

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 09:56:55 2020 No.15764361 >>15762795 Relaxed hair is so boring but those legs and ass are very compelling

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 10:34:47 2020 No.15764556 >>15762453 I love hardback but i'm poor so i mostly buy paperback for half the price

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 11:51:18 2020 No.15764967 >>15762453 Whatever is cheaper and a better edition or translation. I don't collect pretty book covers, I read books.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:07:19 2020 No.15765060 >>15763400 Funny to think what actually reading this is like, like drinking from a bottle with two hands

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:16:51 2020 No.15765119 >>15762453 Depends on the size. Small paperbacks are fine. My main concern are covers curling up, low quality book covers will actually curl into a tube.

Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:22:05 2020 No.15765151

>>15762477
I love the creativity /pol/retards have for some memes, but normireddit retards try so hard to be like /pol/ and make memes like this, making fun of the same pages they visit, that is just disgusting. I'd love China obliterate the US once for all.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:24:51 2020 No.15765169 This >>15764967 and this >>15765119

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:27:03 2020 No.15765176 >>15765151 It just comes back to the age-old wisdom: the left can't meme.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:28:05 2020 No.15765183 >>15762875 It's really this simple.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:29:24 2020 No.15765196 >>15764208 MRS. OBAMA GET DOWN

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:56:25 2020 No.15765329 >>15765176 It's funny you say that because there's a subreddit called therightcantmeme

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 12:59:11 2020 No.15765348 >>15765329 Seems like a passive-aggressive jab which is typical of reddit mentality.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 13:14:20 2020 No.15765422 >>15765329 >>15765348 >>>/pol/266132959

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 13:52:58 2020 No.15765666 >>15765119 Yeah, I could use my copy of Shadow of the Torturer to snort coke

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 13:54:48 2020 No.15765682 >>15762504 >le boner about something that isn't sexual reddit meme

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 13:56:08 2020 No.15765696 >>15762868 Exactly.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 14:09:02 2020 No.15765773 >>15762453 Regarding the books in pic related, neither because they're both equally trash. Why would someone do this?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 14:10:19 2020 No.15765779 >>15762453 Everyone in this thread is wrong. What's best is transcribing the entire book onto a beach with a long stick, then reading it all before the tide comes in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 14:11:37 2020 No.15765790 >>15763418 Lol fag

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 14:13:44 2020 No.15765804 >>15765682 >assuming it isn't sexual I genuinely think you might be more comfortable on reddit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 15:43:26 2020 No.15766376 >>15762453 is this a trap?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 15:44:08 2020 No.15766382 >>15765779 based

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:15:40 2020 No.15767885 >>15762453 hardcover is for dicklets trying to compensate

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:18:46 2020 No.15767899 >>15762517 End of thread.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:18:52 2020 No.15767900 >>15762512 >>15762716 >>15762868

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:18:57 2020 No.15767901 File: 810 KB, 2048x2048, 1588393459001.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I bought a paperback once. Never again.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:24:13 2020 No.15767934 >>15762512 >I think most people would agree GGGRRRRR I HATE BEING LUMPED IN WITH YOU FA- >that hardcovers are better but still buy paperbacks because they're cheaper. -oh, well yeah, that's a reasonable assumption.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:24:46 2020 No.15767936 >>15762453 whatever my local library or used book store has if I'm just reading something for the first time. If its for my personal collection/library then I'll buy whatever the best looking/highest quality one is available.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 3 19:27:58 2020 No.15767950 >>15765329 I've seen the shit they post, its either good memes they cant enjoy because its too offensive or the cringiest facebook conservative boomer memes imaginable

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