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Originally Posted by MrDoug
Just curious of the last time anyone here has purchased a book in hardcover or paperback?  Just curious.. "curiosity killed the cat" .. |
I purchased 1 last week and 3 the week before in hardcover. I have about a dozen on preorder (again, in hardcover; I do not buy paperbacks) and I have a list of more than 30 books I plan to buy in hardcover.
OTOH, last week I also bought 5 ebooks.
The way my buying works is this: I buy nonfiction in hardcover and sometimes I'll buy the same book also in ebook form, but that is rare. Usually it is just hardcover for nonfiction. Fiction is almost always in ebook form. There are a few favorite authors, such as Harry Turtledove, David Weber, LE Modesitt, Jr., Terry Brooks, and others, whose fiction I buy in hardcover. Occasionally, I will also buy the ebook version, but that is rare.
I view nonfiction as books I want to keep in my library and fiction as read once then give away/delete except for the few fiction authors whose books I do want to keep in my library.