Hardback or Paperback?

How many of you have bought a paperback book only to then find it in Hardback and think hmmm that would look better on my bookshelf. I am thinking mainly of those books you want more than any so specific collections/subjects.

 

I always prefer hardbacks but the paper cover always annoys me so I take it off.

 

Whatever if you really want the book then you accept whichever cover is on the edition you have chance to purchase.

 

Ha ha, good one !

I often find myself obtaining two copies; one hardback for my bookshelf (and out of respect for my daughter, who is a bibliophile) and one paperback for my fatigue pockets. As with ammo, in this way I can carry twice the amount!

 

I bought this in paperback but then found I already had it in hardback.

 

I bought this in paperback but then found I already had it in hardback.

, that's when you know you're collection is becoming impressively big.

 

, that's when you know you're collection is becoming impressively big.

I felt like a right numpty, Marcus. I didn't dare tell the missus as she would use it as a reason for me to cull my collection.

 

I felt like a right numpty, Marcus. I didn't dare tell the missus as she would use it as a reason for me to cull my collection.
You tell her when you buy a book.............NO YOU DONT

 

I very rarely buy paperbacks to be honest - when you look at the price differential between paper and hard back , paperback is hardly worth it.

 

I intentionally head for paperback if I have the choice....or if I haven't I delay buying a book UNTIL it's in paperback...

...for it has to be bike-portable!

 

Must confess that I will only buy a pb if that is the only edition available. Call me a book fascist if you will...

 

I intentionally head for paperback if I have the choice....or if I haven't I delay buying a book UNTIL it's in paperback...

...for it has to be bike-portable!
So you live on your bike

 

I bought this in paperback but then found I already had it in hardback.


I have mistakenly bought the second copy of a paperback in the same bookshop so many times, that when I now appear with an untouched book still in its wrapper, the receipt and an apologetical smile, I don't have to say a word to get the refund...

"Oh dear, has it happened again ?" the lady says.

S

 

I only collect James Herbert, Robert Harris and Robert Taylor in hardback. Otherwise I'm not bothered.

 

Must confess that I will only buy a pb if that is the only edition available. Call me a book fascist if you will...

Do you have SERIOUSLY big pockets ??
Suggest you exchange " book fascist" for bibliophile. Much more sophisticated.

 

I only collect James Herbert, Robert Harris and Robert Taylor in hardback. Otherwise I'm not bothered.
James Herberts Ghosts of Sleath was one of the best books of its kind I have ever read!

 

I have to admit being partial to hardbacks, but sometimes you have to buy a softback as it is the only option.

Last year I bought a good softback called Görings Reich, only to see, several months later a Hardback copy in my local Karstadt store! The price being hardly any more expensive.

Regards
Tom

 

So you live on your bike


Feels that way sometimes!

 

The most important thing to me is the quality of the paper / printing / photo reproduction and this is sometimes better with modern card cover reprints than with the originals.

However, I prefer 'old' things and would rather have a regimental history printed in the late 1940s than a modern reprint. Perhaps fortunately, my interests are so obscure that they don't tend to be reprinted.