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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

hardback just says it's meant to last forever. Paperbacks just feel like they are for consumption and only survive a handful of reads

she found a winner in that dude

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[–] Micromot@piefed.social 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

In my experience paperbacks get read more and shared more often because hardcovers tend to be expensive and have a pretty design

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[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago

Right, but the key words are 'first date' and 'he paid'.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago

my comment sure was controversial? and I'm just happy people for passionate about a book, paperback or hardback. I'll take the hit. I'm more comfortable reading on a ereader that supports the dyslexia font, I'd eat through books if they had that option. I find I like some books more than others and the ones that are meaningful to me become a hunt for the hardback of it. I have a lot more paperbacks of course.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Harder to throw in a bag on your way out. I'm a big fan of e-readers for this reason.

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[–] Micromot@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

I feel like digital epub files are just the evolution of paperbacks in means of convenience for reading and sharing

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[–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

Paperbacks are also just much less comfortable to hold

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