Hardback or paperback

[JosephDurham]

Which do you prefer to read out of your collection, and why? Hardback or paperback?

[PatInTheHat]

That would be a tough one.
My reading "collection" includes old newspapers so....

I prefer to read a hardback, but I'm no snob, you'll find me reading those paper place mats you find in greasy spoons, diners and truck stops, and those would technically be paperback...though technically, not actually in my collection ......
..and when I come to think on it (I just did), them there mats, are on a hard table, so........?
Yeah, I know, sure does get rather confusing don't it?

[Nero]

most of mine are paperbacks, unfortunately, though I've been trying to acquire more and more hardbacks as I find them.

I tend to read the paperbacks though, because I have a guilty thing where I'm afraid to ruin a hardback, they're so nice

[The Mangler]

Paperback! Much easier to read when you're snuggled up in bed, and handy to take with you for buses and trains and car journeys!

[sam peebles]

Paperbacks. I can fit more of them in my limited space.

[Sugar Marie]

When I'm off to an appointment or whatnot, I try to grab a paperback. My books are probably 8o+% hardcover.

[ItaliaQueen]

I have loads of paper backs but i love the solid feel of a hard back

[Haunted]

Joe, you ask the best questions!!!

If, for some reason I have missed the publication of a favorite writer and no hardbacks are available by the time I wake up from my fog, I will eagerly await the paperback for reading.

There are some authors, our gracious host Mr. King in the lead here, there is no way I am going to miss a publ. date, so those books are all hardbacks!!

Hardbacks are easier to handle. They stay open pretty much for the no-hands technique.

With a paperback, I am constantly fighting to keep the two parts of the book open sometimes even causing cramps in my hands which then renders reading IMPOSSIBLE until the pain is gone!! AGH!!!

If I want to read a story, the shape it is in when I find it is how I will read it!

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Hardback at home, paperback on the go.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Ubasti]

Both are in my collection, but there are more hardbacks. I prefer to read hardbacks, but in some cases where the book is signed or hard to find, etc. I'll read the paperback ... unless I have two hardback copies and then I'll read the hardback that's less valuable.