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You don't usually get a better book for the money, actually. That was true up till about 1970. Nowadays hardcover editions are no better made than paperbacks;
by pg 18y ago
You don't usually get a better book for the money, actually. That was true up till about 1970. Nowadays hardcover editions are no better made than paperbacks; merely bulkier. They're now almost pure price discrimination.
- frossie 17y agoI am... surprised. I live in a very high humidity location (cue ukuleles) and mass market paperbacks just disintegrate (literally in some cases; the glue denatures and they fall apart) and the pages yellow very quickly. Trade paperbacks - it depends on the book, clearly the quality varies a lot. Hardbacks, on the other hand, do quite well if you can keep the mold and the termites away.