Paperbacks Or Hardcover: which do you prefer?  

I love Hardcover books..I buy them when I want a certain series..I like paperback because of the convenience to take with me...I have bought them from book clubs, thrift stores and the paperbacks I am buying some from ebay..

I prefer paperback. I have so many paperback books since they are cheaper.

i love love books. hardcover ones especially. i love collecting hardcover books that deal with cooking, home management, fashion, jewelry, crafts, wine, architecture. in short books that are about lifestyle. i also love to collect the classics in hardcover. hardcovers can be expensive so i wait a while until they are on sale. i find a lot of good deals at goodwill or the salvation army. books that would be $30 and above are marked for under $10. the latest one that i bought from good will is tolstoy. it was gorgeous. hardcover with gold design and lettering plus the pages were gold rimmed? it was such a good deal and under $5 too! have a nice day!

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I used to belong to every imaginable book club going...but no more....I had to really cut down on my book buying habits...Now if there's a fiction book I want to read I'll go to the library--but then there are some books I just HAVE to have---for this I go to Amazon.com and find books at the fraction of the cost especially if they're used, and I usually do prefer hardcovers...I did a pre-order for instance of the last Harry Potter book at half price..now books are/were the ones I insist on hardcover!

I do love hardcover books. I certainly won't give them away. They stay in my library. I love the feel of a hardcover book in my hands.

But I like the convenience of paperbacks as I also like to take one with me everywhere because you never know when you will have time to kill.

I know hardcovers are expensive. I was a member of a book club as well and eventually cancelled. They are "begging" me to come back but I haven't even read the books I got from them years ago when I first joined the club. Ridiculous but because I am trying to focus on my writing, reading hasn't been a priority, unless they are books on writing.

If I can get hardcovers cheap at the basement sale at the library or the Salvation Army or other thrift stores, then I will take them. Of course, even thrift stores mark their hardcovers higher than their paperbacks. But that is business.

I like hardback books but they cost too much. So I prefer paperback books. I buy most of mine from bookstores in the mail, or walmart, or ebay.

I love to read. We are thinking of starting a book club at work and just sharing our books. That way we all don't spend a lot of money on books. I think it is a good ideal.

I prefer hardcover.

Paperbacks get ruined very easily, where as hard cover books iwll take spills and other things a lot better

I dont go a lot of places but yes a paperback is easier to tranport stick in pockets in the car, roll to fit in the glove box or console etc.

Paperbacks are cheaper up front, but if I end up replacing a book based on that, I should have bought the hard cover to begin with.

Mooch

I like both actually and sometimes I get them at various places. I got some at a Barnes and Noble sometime back when it comes to books. I think it just depends on the title and what I can afford at the time. I have no preference between the two.

I prefer paperbacks. They are easier to carry around and dont take up alot of space in my tote bag. I am a avid reader so the price is so much better for me, since my family is on a budget. I normally buy my books from Halfprice books but I have a really good friend who will give me her books when she is done since we have the same taste in authors.

I get mine from a trade in bookstore. I have many hardcovers but as I like to read in bed I prefer paperbacks as they are easier to hold when in bed.