This question comes from the blog Should Be Reading.
Do you prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks (the bigger ones), or mass market paperbacks (the smaller ones)? Why?
I vastly prefer trade paperbacks to either hardbacks or mass market paperbacks. They are the ideal weight and size, and fit nicely into the front pocket of my backpack that I routinely use as a carry-on bag when flying. Also, they are better quality than mass market and a better price than hardback. That being said, there are some books that I want in hardback to withstand the multiple re-reads. I am longing to get the Melendy Family books by Elizabeth Enright in hardback, and if they ever release Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes in hardback I will jump on those as well. But overall, I prefer trade paperbacks.
4 comments:
Trade paperbacks are nice. I don't generally take books anywhere, so I don't mind hardcovers, either.
I love the trade paperback. I've joined the Quality Paperback Book Club a couple of times and just adore the way the books feel in my hands. I like to bend the spine and flip through the book and, okay this may be strange, smell the pages.
Nope. Every book lover I know smells the pages. Just don't lick them - that crosses over into weird.
I prefer trade paperbacks for reading, but hardbacks look better on my shelves. I compromise by buying hardbacks of books I know I am going to want to keep, and paperbacks for the rest.
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