The actual novel or dialogue therein notwithstanding, please rank the following in order of what is most important to you with regards to the construction, design, and supplemental contents of a physical book, and also elaborate on your preferences.
Notes and Annotations (presumed to be well-written)
Supplemental Essays (same)
Paper Quality (consider thinness, smoothness, roughness, etc.)
Typeface and Print Size (small print? big print?)
Cover Design
Size (big? small? what is the "perfect" book size?)
Sturdiness (For paperbacks: rigidity, or flimsiness? For hardcovers: thickness? actual "hardness"?)
Given the nature of these questions, kindlefags really need not apply.
notes
essays
cover design
paper quality
sturdiness
typeface/size
size
Notes + Essays
Paper Quality
Cover
Typeface/Print Size
Sturdiness
Size
I like to mark up my books so paper quality's kind of important, I don't want shitty thin paper that'll tear easy or have highlighter bleed through it.
Content over all, but these are the things I look at the most
Paper quality
Typeface and print size
Cover design (have a copy of Candide I'm kind of embarassed to read because of this)
Sturdiness
Size
Notes/Essays (never read these)
best book size is 5 x 8