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Which Book Edition Do You Prefer?

Books come in many different ways. Which do you prefer out of these and Why?

1. Hardcover

2. Paperback

3. Mass-Market Paperback

4. Media Tie-in

5. eBook

6. Audio-book

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    hardcover allways my grandmother told me few things one was to always get hardback and i always have and will!

  • goldie
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Hardback if it's worth keeping. If I decide I don't like it, I donate it to the public library which will add it to the collection.

    Paperbacks for traveling because they're space savers. I buy certain authors only in paperback because I can pass them on to friends or donate to the library's bookstore. Small investment for one-time reading.

    If by Media Tie-In you mean the book is published after the movie, no. Before, yes, but I won't see the film.

    I have no desire to strain my eyes on an eBook. I do that enough during my own writing, personal business, & Y!A on the computer.

    My mind drifts too much during audio books. I dislike the abridged versions.

  • Marti
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Mass-Market Paperback.

    Mostly because they're easier to carry around with me, and my book shelves have this weird set up, where two of the middle shelves can't move, so I can't arrange the shelves so they're all big enough to hold hardcovers, which just gets annoying.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    hardcover and sometimes audio-books

    idk what mass-market paperback is though....

    well the reason i like audio-books are because sometimes, the books just come alive when you listen to them, then when you read the books you have a voice in your head to match ...

    and idk why i like hardcovers, but i like them more than paperbacks for some reason...

  • 1 decade ago

    I like hardcover but I always buy paperback because it is cheaper.

    Hardcover books are so much more durable.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm always on the go, so it's eBooks and Audio books for me.

  • 1 decade ago

    i own more paper books cause there less chaep though.

    elizabeth

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