Hard covers and lack thereof

[Paul Mackin]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:51 AM, David Morris wrote:

> I'm of two minds. Hard covers are for keeps.  But that means you have
> to take care of them.  I think of paperbacks as disposable, even
> though I never throw them out.  But I don't have to worry about
> abusing them. They usually end up being taped together on the outside
> spine...

I almost never buy paperbound books, like to get things when they are  
brand new, and in the U.S. new eschews paper. More's the  pity.

When GR broke the rule I thought great, but apparently economics went  
against the practice. You can't charge $25 (present dollars) for a  
paperback. Traditional thinking but let's face it we live in a  
throwaway world.


>
> On 9/8/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Paperbacks tend to disintegrate. Anyway, there is a limit to a the  
>> volume of paperback library in one's backpack. And I HATE the  
>> creases that appear on the spine after a first reading. And there  
>> is a good chance of ending up with two halves of one book upon a  
>> second reading.