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Originally Posted by omk3
I'm guilty of having bought two or five hardcovers, if they were on offer, and then only because of convenience. I have friends back in greece who love particular authors and are anxious to get their hands on their latest books, but it's not certain that these books will even come to greece, and if they order online there are the postage costs to consider. So if my visit to greece coincides with a new publication, I may pick the hardcover for them as a present. I'm always angry when I'm forced to do so however. Hardcovers are unreasonably expensive, bulky and difficult to hold, take up too much self space, and don't even have the outstanding quality that would give a meaning to their existence.
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Have you considered buying 'trade paperback' instead? It's the same paper- and print quality as a newly published hardback, but with a soft binding and published at the same time - I presume...
I hardly ever bought books before ebooks. They were just too expensive, so I always used the library. Now that I can get away with paying about 10-15 USD for a book it's quite a different situation. I might have been able to buy cheap books from England, but I guess I've just never been in the habit of buying p-books, except when I was on holiday. Once I brought 14 books back from a trip to London
5-8 GBP per book (cheap paperbacks of course) was a steal.