seeing this discussion around hardbacks, i have to admit, without trying to be disparaging in any way, that i don't understand the affinity for them. i only own a couple and they're both dictionaries. it's the image i automatically associate with hard-backs. big unwieldy things you can barely hold in your hand/lap while you read.
even when i used to read paper books, i preferred the more malleable paperback even if i wore its covers to the binding. i guess i mostly followed the principle of "a good book is a well-used book."
but this might be because i'm outside the US? i sense they're very popular there as collectibles, as elfwreck said.
are readers outside the US keen on hardbacks as well?
edit: and, even i've already answered the ebook price, i have to agree with mgmueller, if it's a book i really want i'll shell out more but i'll grumble all the way and send hate mail to the author if i feel i've wasted my money.
i can't really hurl "the book" at him/her
either seeing it's a pinprick in a electronic device. hmm, maybe that's what hardbacks were good for
