Which printing format do you prefer?

What do you prefer when you buy/loan/read books?

Paperback; hardback gets annoying with the paper cover always slipping, and Pat Buchanan tries to kill you while you're reading. I've never tried to read an E-book but know it would give me a headache, and old paper?

I prefer HArdback. I find it easier to read as paerbacks always bend. I have tried reading e-books before and i get a headache.

I said Paperback, only because paperback is what's usually available and more convinient in more ways than one. I would have chosen centuries of old scrap paper if it weren't for the fact that only one of my books has ever been in that condition. The pages were so soft...

Yeah, I think paperbacks are the best and most of my collection are in that format.

Hardback every time for me. They just last longer than paperback ones and the spine doesn't get ruined on them.

~ Shadowsun

I prefer paperback, though I like the larger paperback editions book stores are selling now. They are so much easier to read. Anyways, it's hard to fit hardbacks in my backpack or purse, so I'm all for paperbacks (though I like buying hardback editions of my favorite books. )

How can you ask me this? I'm so picky over my books!

Hardbacks usually irritate me, because I end up ruining/loosing/throwing away the jackets. Then they're not as cool.

I tend to buy paperbacks, but only because hard back jackets bother me. But paperbacks get ruins so easily, depending on the type of material used to print the actual cover, whether it was cheap or not. [See! I'm picky.]

But, I really love old books ^_^ I have a few, and I need more. I hardly read them, honestly, but I love old books. Yes, I'm one of those people that sniffs the inside of their books because they like the way old books [and new books, too] smell.

Looking at my book shelf though, it's obvious that I buy paperback.

It depends. I like to own hardbacks of my favorite books so that I know they'll last, and I don't have to worry about the spine getting stretched, et cetera. Paperbacks win for value, though, and they're much easier to carry around.

I usually have hardback, because that's what's on the shelf at Barnes and Noble- at least, for the new things.

But! I voted for old, scrap-like books. I like the ancient books much better- there's a lot more at stake with a good read in them. I have a bunch of books from the Victorian era, and they're not exactly great stories [all preachy and bleah] but I love the writing style, and I love the illustrations. It's all about the society that wrote them.

I have a book from the Civil War, too- it's sort of like an elongated version of that "Goofus and Gallant" column in the Highlights magazine (come on, who didn't read that when they were eight?), except with a cooler style. And the engravings are hilarious.

Something like "Mr. Bean Meets a Gentleman", I think. I'll try and go find it. It's in not-so-great condition, though, and the spine's nearly fallen off. Oh, well. It's been a hundred and fity years, and it's tired. XD

Probably it's because I have shelves full of new books- the old ones are a lot rarer and more special.

I usually go with paperback, there are several reasons for this; mainly the cost doesn’t hurt my wallet quite so much, and they can be brought almost anywhere without too much inconvenience. With paperbacks I can definitely see how durability could be an issue, but I have yet to run a book straight into the ground *knocks on wood, yes, I found actual wood to knock on*, and I just can’t let it bother me when the spines and corners of my books show use, it doesn’t change what is written inside…

I haven’t read an e-book *plans to look into that* and centuries old books, I am so jealous! I haven’t come across any, though I admit I haven’t put all that much effort into looking.

Anyway, all that to say that – for me – its paperbacks all the way.
-Gen

Hardbound.

Hardback. I just love the jackets.

paperback, of course. I can't hold a hardcover book open in one hand for long periods of time: the cover's too heavy and it doesn't bend. It also seems like the font inside is larger and spaced farther apart on top of already wide margins. A waste of paper in my opinion.

For library books, hardback all the way. For my own? It depends. Sometimes I can't get them in paperback... but I love paperbacks. They fit in my purse!

But mostly? I just love books. Used, new, hardback, paperback, old, falling apart (ok, maybe not so much, bu used, yes! Where else could I get a hardback copy of anything for a dollar? )