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Unpopular opinion: paperback beats hardcover for actually reading any day
I grabbed two copies of Neuromancer at a library sale last month, one hardcover for $2 and one beat up paperback for 50 cents. The hardcover just sat on my shelf because it's heavy and awkward to hold in bed or on the bus. The paperback I finished in three days. Those thick paperbacks might look rough but they're way more practical for actual reading. Am I the only one who skips the pretty hardcovers at thrift stores?
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cora_perez23h ago
Oh man, you're totally right. I've got a stack of hardcovers that look great on the shelf but I never actually pull them down to read. Paperbacks flex better, they fit in a coat pocket, and if you drop one in the bathtub you're out like five bucks instead of twenty-five. My rule is hardcovers for reference books you flip through, paperbacks for anything you actually want to finish. Plus dogearing a paperback feels way less criminal than doing it to a nice hardcover.
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