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and they're a pain in the arse to read.
They are, I am reading one at the moment and it is annoying the hell out of me. -
Aww... I've been reading mostly hardbacks recently. I bought lots and they've sat unloved for ages because I'd usually take a paperback when traveling and that was the only time I'd read. But I thought "I know, I'll read the hefty tomes in bed at night"
Bonus bicep workout.
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If it's anything a bit niche I worry that it will never come out in paperback, so sometimes I buy it hardback but I'd rather not. I also think most people who buy a lot of books don't like hardback - so are first print hardback sales even a helpful predictor of sales? (I assumed that was part of their role but maybe entirely wrong on that.)
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In case no-one reads the books thread - I own a bookshop, so I get a lot of this. People expect the option to buy a paperback at the same time as the HB is released. And depending on how successful/mainstream the author is, it can sometimes be up to a year between the two pub dates.
HBs aren't getting any cheaper either - cheapest you're likely to find now is about £15rrp, all the way up to around £30 for the likes of Britney/Prince Harry etc.
We don't sell any of that sort of shit though (and not least because you can usually get it half price in Tesco on the day of release anyway. Fuck them too).
Anyway, in conclusion - fuck hardbacks, mostly. Too expensive, hardly anyone wants them, and they're a pain in the arse to read.