Paperback vs Hardback

>>8341984
Hardback for showing off, ebooks and pdfs for reading

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>>8341989
>pdf

Hardbacks are for faggots, paperback 4 life.

Ebooks for my phone when I am out and about.

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>>8342149
>thinks hardbacks are the exception, not the rule
>doesn't have a dedicated e-reader, instead uses his phone

How old were you when your father left home?

>>8341984
>great tier
Paperbacks that fit in your pocket
>good tier
Paperbacks
>okay tier
Hardbacks with a matte or cloth finish
Ebooks
>uncomfy but situationally okay tier
Leather bound hardbacks
>shit tier
Glossy hardbacks

>>8342167
>>great tier
>Paperbacks that fit in your pocket
Self-help books that you buy at the airport are your idea of "great tier" literature?

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>>8342184
>he doesn't carry the Apologia around with him in his back pocket

>>8342191
*internet handshake*

I keep my Kindle PW with me at all times.

>>8342141
>spending money

In general paperbacks unless the hardcover is the only avalable, is a classic book that is either very old or translated and hardcover is the only aesthetic edition of the book, or if the cover isn't some tasteless/gaudy fedora-tier old-world style binding.

>>8342490
Epub and mobi exist, friend.

>>8342863
nothing exists

>>8342197
>*internet handshake*
Fuck me, go back to whatever forum you came from m8

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I like how small hardbacks feel and how they're durable, but there is a point at which hardbacks get a bit too cumbersome (picture related - the hardback one is a translation, the old softcover I got from my mother).

>>8343143
To clarify a bit: for that translation, the huge size might be the only workable one, though, so it all depends on the book and the edition. There are something like 5000 footnotes, fitting ~6 of those on every page would be hard if not for the big size.

Still, that shit makes your hands ache.

>>8342167
Only summer reads are legit paperbacks
Everything else must be hardback or gtfo