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which one?

>> No.19487432

>>19487421
Pottery < Poetry
Bards > shards

>> No.19487440

>>19487421
paperbacks are more practical, hardbacks look better in the shelf. So paperbacks

>> No.19487482
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19487482

>>19487421
The Mass Market Paperback is objectively the best
>Portable
>Easier to hold
>Significantly cheaper
>Smaller design leaves books feeling understated
>Filters those who need oceans of white space between each line, thus also filtering most illiterate genrefags.

>> No.19487526

>>19487421
Paperbacks for reading, hardcover for impressing pseuds

>> No.19487539

>>19487421
hardcover if I want to keep it
paperback to throwaway

>> No.19487594

>>19487421
I answered this question already the last time you posted it.
>>19475612

>> No.19487632

If it's over 1000 pages, I prefer hard cover. I want to build a little ramp to set those big tomes on so I don't break my back trying to read it on the table.

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>>19487539
Exactly

>> No.19489038

It depends on who published it, sometimes they really cut corners with the paperback releases.

>> No.19489046

>>19487421
hardcover for almost everything

>> No.19489068

>>19487421
Either, what matters is what the cover contains

>> No.19489264

>>19487421
paperback for books less than 500 pages and hardcover for big books.

>> No.19489384

>>19487482
I came here to say mass market paperback too. Its the single comfiest format for reading.

>> No.19489480

>>19487421

. txt

>> No.19489568

>>19487421
Whichever I find at the thrift store for $2

>> No.19489585

Paperbacks are damaged by the simple act of using them for their intended purpose. Read ebooks or hardcovers because paperbacks are unironic trash.

>> No.19489662

I'm always surprised that people seem to think that hardcovers are somehow impractical when paperbacks over 500-600 pages are an awful reading experience. How are hardcover books in any way difficult to read? I get hardcovers for almost everything, you can get them used for dirt cheap on AbeBooks

>> No.19489764

>>19487421
Hardcover for collection, e-reader for actual reading.
I ain't paying $100 for a signed leatherbound complete with full-page colored illustrations and actually fucking thumbing through them like an ape and ruining 'em.

>> No.19489964

spiral bound books are the best and most classy way to read

>> No.19489994

Sewn paperbacks with dust jacket and or french flaps

>> No.19490127

ebook reader.
you niggas are dumb