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Originally Posted by SeaKing
At first I was surprised about the hardcover sales being up at all but then I realized that the people that pay extra for the hardcover because 1) they want to get the book as fast as possible, and 2) they think a hardcover with all the traditional mystique represents the very best like some fine wine or whiskey, would still be putting out the bucks to get that "extra."
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I tend to buy hardcovers from my favorite authors - they are
1) Much more durable than a paperback (lasts through many more reads without wearing out)
2) prettier
3) open up flat so you can eat/read at the same time.
There's plenty of books I read once every year or two and I imagine I'll have for decades - I like to have those in hardcover.
My paperback purchases are down to close to nil. I either buy hardcovers from my favorite authors (want to keep for decades) or I buy ebooks (rarely...I hate DRM and the pricing sucks over a used book...so it's mainly smashwords for me).
I find myself buying a lot more used hardcovers, oddly...the price is about the same as an ebook.
