This. I prefer trade paperbacks, but I grew up on $0.25 mass market Signet and Bantam classics. These are made to be carried around, curled up and tossed about, marked up, dog-eared, bumped, scraped, dropped, sweated through, and then placed on your shelf awaiting the day you decide to reread them. Hardcovers, by contrast, have always seemed austere, high-maintenance showcases that need to be read on a desk or that become cumbersome and bulky when taken outside. I own several volumes of LoA, Everyman's, Pléiade, Colección Archivos, Opera Mundi, stray scholarly/academic volumes, first editions, books I only read in my study, but I relish a good paperback in the hand.
>come on anon, get comfortable with your book and come read with me! >what do you mean you need to sit at your desk? >just crack the spine an— >hardcover? Oh… well, I guess we’ll hang out next time
Fair enough. I still read physical books when there's no digital version available, but my eyes are shit and I really appreciate the backlight on my Kindle. When I'm reading a paperback or whatever I need a lot of light.
Fair enough. I still read physical books when there's no digital version available, but my eyes are shit and I really appreciate the backlight on my Kindle. When I'm reading a paperback or whatever I need a lot of light.
I don't consider paperbacks to be books. They're disposable items not meant to last. Only good for things you read just the one time or need to bring along with you, like textbooks.
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Something I've noticed in my reading habits: newer or passing books (books I intend to only read once), I will just download for free and read on my ereader. But, if I find myself itching to reread a book I've already downloaded, I will actually seek out a physical copy, either cheap or new depending on how much of an impact it made on me, to purchase and reread.
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That's not a bad idea anon. I should do that too.
2 weeks ago
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Same bro.
Before that I used to try and buy and it didn't always go well. Now I only own the things physically that I truly love to re-read and own.
True, I am incredibly stingy with my money. Buying a kindle has more than paid itself off with the what I have saved just from Gutenberg library and staight up piracy.
I don't consider paperbacks to be books. They're disposable items not meant to last. Only good for things you read just the one time or need to bring along with you, like textbooks.
I wasn't aware that the definition of a book is that it has to last generations. Not everyone has the kind of dough to throw around to buy quality hardcovers. I rather spread out that money for decent paperbacks which can last me a reasonable amount of time if I take care of it right.
>Buy used books
I do so sometimes if I can find the titles I want in good condition, but in my country it's rather challenging to even find new copies of more obscure titles (like Gass, Gaddis), let alone used.
>print and bind it
I don't have such resources and energy to do so tbh. I do read off my phone but that's to ascertain whether I should buy a physical copy
I do not own a single hardcover book
I never liked hardcovers. A good quality trade paperback is like the best thing ever.
This. I prefer trade paperbacks, but I grew up on $0.25 mass market Signet and Bantam classics. These are made to be carried around, curled up and tossed about, marked up, dog-eared, bumped, scraped, dropped, sweated through, and then placed on your shelf awaiting the day you decide to reread them. Hardcovers, by contrast, have always seemed austere, high-maintenance showcases that need to be read on a desk or that become cumbersome and bulky when taken outside. I own several volumes of LoA, Everyman's, Pléiade, Colección Archivos, Opera Mundi, stray scholarly/academic volumes, first editions, books I only read in my study, but I relish a good paperback in the hand.
>hardcover
>come on anon, get comfortable with your book and come read with me!
>what do you mean you need to sit at your desk?
>just crack the spine an—
>hardcover? Oh… well, I guess we’ll hang out next time
There's a time and a place for either. Ebooks get the floor though.
Ebooks and ereaders are one of God's greatest gifts.
I look at screens enough, man. Curling up with a book on my chair is peak cozy.
Fair enough. I still read physical books when there's no digital version available, but my eyes are shit and I really appreciate the backlight on my Kindle. When I'm reading a paperback or whatever I need a lot of light.
Something I've noticed in my reading habits: newer or passing books (books I intend to only read once), I will just download for free and read on my ereader. But, if I find myself itching to reread a book I've already downloaded, I will actually seek out a physical copy, either cheap or new depending on how much of an impact it made on me, to purchase and reread.
That's not a bad idea anon. I should do that too.
Same bro.
Before that I used to try and buy and it didn't always go well. Now I only own the things physically that I truly love to re-read and own.
True, I am incredibly stingy with my money. Buying a kindle has more than paid itself off with the what I have saved just from Gutenberg library and staight up piracy.
I don't consider paperbacks to be books. They're disposable items not meant to last. Only good for things you read just the one time or need to bring along with you, like textbooks.
I wasn't aware that the definition of a book is that it has to last generations. Not everyone has the kind of dough to throw around to buy quality hardcovers. I rather spread out that money for decent paperbacks which can last me a reasonable amount of time if I take care of it right.
Buy used books
>Buy used books
I do so sometimes if I can find the titles I want in good condition, but in my country it's rather challenging to even find new copies of more obscure titles (like Gass, Gaddis), let alone used.
I'd rather pirate the book and read it on my phone or print and bind it myself than buy a paperback. Also this
>print and bind it
I don't have such resources and energy to do so tbh. I do read off my phone but that's to ascertain whether I should buy a physical copy