Hardback or Softback Novels?

[Magatha]

Hmm...

I like them both ways. The hardbacks being more durable and prettier is awesome, but the paperbacks I can afford more of.
Usually I will just wait until I can find books at Half Price Books, a yard sale or flea market, or ask for books for my birthday/Christmas.

Once I get one book in a series though, I want the rest of the series to match it, either all Hardback or all Paperback.

 

[Ventus]

I prefer paperback books for three reasons:

1 - Hardbacks with dustcovers annoy me. I find when I read them the actual book starts to slide out of the cover while I hold it, so I now just remove the ductcover before reading. The problem with that is I then have a dustcover lying around looking messy and, in most cases, getting tarnished with little rips or stuff. It strikes me as a silly inconvenience when all I want to do is read.

2 - Paperbacks bend. I love having a fresh new book as much as anyone but I also like it when you can look at a book and see that it has been read. The more worn the spine the more the book has been read and therefore the more enjoyable it is. I look at my Discworld collection and see that Night Watch has the most heavily creased spine and that's how I know it's my favourite one. I love sitting down with a papaerback and opening it so that the two covers meet and I'm looking at just the one page and not two. It helps me feel relaxed when I read and then feel satisfied when I can see how much I've read based on spine creasing. You don't get that with hardbacks.

3 - Paperbacks are cheaper. Fairly simple reason, sure, but there you go. Paperbacks cost less and if it means waiting an extra year for say, the upcoming Discworld (Raising Steam) then I'll do it to save myself some scratch.

I've nothing for to say than this.

 

[*M i d n a*]

Paperback does it for me; I own many books of the R.A. Salvatore series in this style. My own few books that I have ordered are also paperback with a glossy finish, but I probably will end up having my trilogy be made into a hardcover, I also like that style.