tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post2831944787573169993..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Hardcover vs. Softcover: A Bookpuddle PollCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-74659010008551381212014-08-08T12:43:44.255-04:002014-08-08T12:43:44.255-04:00Yeah, I'd prefer a "metal cover" wit...Yeah, I'd prefer a "metal cover" with a book like that! However, if my e-reader stopped working and I couldn't read it on my computer, then I'd say hardcover. It's backbreaking heft would make the accomplishment of finishing it (in 2017! ha!) much sweeter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-84872399988597920312014-08-06T19:30:24.560-04:002014-08-06T19:30:24.560-04:00Neither! I love mass market paperbacks! Compact an...Neither! I love mass market paperbacks! Compact and portable, cheap-quality paper, dirt cheap (relatively), totally disposable. Sadly, the format is mostly reserved for "genre" (which fortunately I still read quite a bit of).<br /><br />Frankly, I don't understand the trade paperback. Non-standard sizes, they don't fit in my purse, they're not all that much less cumbersome than hardcovers. Cheaper but still not cheap. Marketing genius, though, cuz most people like them. And I still buy them, and hardcovers. Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-39513692951622058462014-08-06T12:36:23.319-04:002014-08-06T12:36:23.319-04:00I MUCH prefer trade paperback but do have quite a ...I MUCH prefer trade paperback but do have quite a few hard cover books as well. Since I am anti ereader of any type I would then prefer hard cover to the electronic version. So I guess I'm ok with both so long as it helps me avoid the electronic, non-book, version of a book.<br />C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-42614641294221624752014-08-06T10:00:02.042-04:002014-08-06T10:00:02.042-04:00My answer: it depends. Mostly I buy paperback but ...My answer: it depends. Mostly I buy paperback but for someone like Margaret Atwood, always hardcover. Big fat books like The Luminaries, I borrowed that one as an ebook from the library precisely because it was so big. If I were to have bought it, I would wait for the paperback.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.com