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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.