Paperback or Hardcover?

[paigemalcom]

I buy most of my books in paperback but I have a few in hardback. I prefer paperback just because I carry a book with me during the day and it’s usually smaller and easier to put in my bag. Also I don’t really mind hardback but I really do not like dust jackets.

[Sandra K Pearson]

Hardcover, I dont like it when the cover ends up bent on paperback.

[Swat3737]

I prefer paperback just because they’re smaller and lighter. And thus, I can fit more on my bookshelves!!

[Itskai88]

Hardcovers for me, even a bad book will look great with a hardcover. i am just trying to say they always look majestic.

[Kristin Ransome]

I tend to go for paperback because they're easier to transport! lol

[linham02660]

I really don't have a preference. I do like paperback for reading in bed though.

[Sh3rlockian]

Both! I'm rather fond of tradeback books (shaped like hardback with a paperback feel).

[nooregano]

Hardcovers, because they feel more like Books, not just books. You know?

[Joe Hadithi]

Readability- paperback.
Durability - Hardback.

[TheMain_Jane]

Both, but I tend to keep hardbacks longer for aesthetic purposes.

[jesscat304]

Paperback is great, in regards to weighing less and being easier to hold, but I hate how it so easily bends and then never quite goes back even when your are not trying too. Whereas, that does not happen with hardcovers, but they are really heavy so I guess it just depends on a persons preferences.

[Ak1412]

If it is a book i know i will read multiple times then hardcover, otherwise paperback to save money.

[Mariugonza]

I love myself a good hardcover book, but I also like the paperbacks

[DewPellucid]

I love to read old hardcovers, the older the better...as in 100 years old or more. I like to imagine where the book has been all this time, who owned it, who read it... Editions like these are often much cheaper than modern paperbacks, and I always feel that I rescued the book.

[chewy4uto]

I pick up a paper back book because they cost less. However, I enjoy hardback books more. They are more comfortable for me to hold. I also like purchasing hardback when it's a book that I know I want to keep in my library. Or when a book has more significant meaning to me; such as politics, history, or a novel that I think will live on forever, or go down as one of the greats.