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What do you guys prefer /lit/?

Hardback or trade paper?

>> No.2378524

I don't see how anyone could prefer hardcover to paperback. The latter exists for practical motherfuckers who get their reading done in all crevasses of the earth. Hardcovers are for libraries and tables.

>> No.2378525

Trade paper. Hardbacks are too expensive and cumbersome

I like using my e-reader the most though. I only use physical books if there are a lot of images and diagrams[/spoiler

>> No.2378526

Hardcover looks nicer on my shelves, but I hate reading them.
Paperback is more comfortable to read, and looks meh on my shelves.
It usually depends on how much money I have to waste at the time, and the design of either format.

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2378528

I don't care. Hardbacks look nice, specially if they are classics

>> No.2378533

Under an inch thick, hardcover.

Over, paperback.

Had a hardcover of Hitchiker's for ages, it was hell to read.

>> No.2378536

Hardbacks have a feeling of permanence to them, which is what I want out of my dead-tree books.

If I weren't interested in cementing ownership of the book into my mind, I'd go to the library or download an ebook.

>> No.2378537

>>2378528

The only hardcover I really give a shit about is my copy of Ulysses.

>> No.2378540

>>2378537
I have a paperback one.
Kill me now

>> No.2378552

>>2378540

Nobody'd bat an eye if you bought another copy.

>> No.2378652

>>2378524
Fucking this. As for it's longevity, I feel like a book should age as I do.

>> No.2378659

eReader? :[

>> No.2378663

Paperbacks generally but when it isn't prohibitively expensive I tend to buy hardcover repeats of books I love and know I'll be rereading or dipping into repeatedly in years to come. I travel a lot and even though its less practical to drag hardbacks along I like the memories of trips and places that a physical book can accumulate over the years and hate having to replace a copy like that.

>> No.2378683

I only buy hardback if it's first edition. Tradeback for convenience.