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Originally Posted by TheLongshot
Another problem with hardbacks is that they are hard to get rid of. There are a lot of used bookstores that don't like taking hardbacks and some that don't accept them at all.
I tend to get hardbacks if I really like the books or if I plan on getting it signed by the author. Course, now I'm big on getting a lot of the books off the shelves because I'm out of room.
Jason
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i don't even try to sell my books anymore ; i find that no-one will pay very much for them, and the time it takes me to cart the heavy bag all the way to the shop is worth more to me than the few euros i might get. instead i just give them away, either to the library (for their collection, or to add to the free "book exchange" they hold every few months), or to a café which has an informal lending library. or to friends, obviously, if they want them. this is another reason why i am hoping to buy mainly ebooks from now on.
however, it is true that most of the books i would want to get rid of (and could therefore sell) are paperbacks which were not very expensive to begin with ; like you, i only buy a hardcover on very rare occasions.
i did not know that used bookstores don't like to buy hardcovers. i would have thought they would be *more* interested in them, on the contrary.