I think you have two different questions there
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM
One is why publishers want hardcover books and then the question why do libraries want hardcover. People are willing to spend more money on hardcover so the publisher can make more money. With libraries I would think that hardcover books are more durable and worth the investment. Also some of the more expensive books were until recently only released in hardcover. Who besides a college student would pay $150 for a paperback?
I need a book. A good book. A book that I will enjoy.
06/02/2011 08:25:51 AM
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The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading...
06/02/2011 12:57:01 PM
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Re: The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading...
12/02/2011 09:24:55 PM
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Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English.
06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM
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Different things. Decadant things.
06/02/2011 10:10:52 PM
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Haven't read any Vandermeer, actually. You recommend him?
07/02/2011 12:26:35 AM
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Jeff is a friend of mine, so of course I would recommend him
07/02/2011 08:33:41 AM
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I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French.
07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM
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I get the sense that would be very expensive if found
07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM
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Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from.
07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM
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Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers?
07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM
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I think you have two different questions there
07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM
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Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said.
07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM
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so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks
09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM
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Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ...
08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM
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