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I think you have two different questions there random thoughts Send a noteboard - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM
One is why publishers want hardcover books and then the question why do libraries want hardcover. People are willing to spend more money on hardcover so the publisher can make more money. With libraries I would think that hardcover books are more durable and worth the investment. Also some of the more expensive books were until recently only released in hardcover. Who besides a college student would pay $150 for a paperback?
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I need a book. A good book. A book that I will enjoy. Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:25:51 AM 1264 Views
Zadie Smith - White Teeth. Legolas - 06/02/2011 11:31:06 AM 1104 Views
Spring Snow looks good, thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:32:51 PM 440 Views
The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... jh - 06/02/2011 12:57:01 PM 1055 Views
Re: The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... Dreadlord - 12/02/2011 09:24:55 PM 969 Views
I recommend.... LiterateDog - 06/02/2011 02:41:48 PM 1175 Views
Sounds fun. I'll check it out. Thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:27:48 PM 410 Views
+1 random thoughts - 07/02/2011 02:10:27 PM 990 Views
Short fiction. Chas - 06/02/2011 03:49:50 PM 983 Views
Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English. Tom - 06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM 883 Views
I keep starting it and having something else come up. Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:25:30 PM 1056 Views
I am with Tom on this one Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:00:21 PM 827 Views
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks was pretty good *NM* Fox and Ravens - 06/02/2011 09:20:58 PM 397 Views
Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Novo - 06/02/2011 09:52:43 PM 816 Views
Sold me on the Jesuits. I'll check it out. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:25:25 AM 427 Views
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Different things. Decadant things. Larry - 06/02/2011 10:10:52 PM 848 Views
Haven't read any Vandermeer, actually. You recommend him? Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:26:35 AM 924 Views
Jeff is a friend of mine, so of course I would recommend him Larry - 07/02/2011 08:33:41 AM 1035 Views
I'll put him on the list. Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 08:50:15 AM 881 Views
Good Larry - 07/02/2011 09:21:59 AM 922 Views
I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French. Tom - 07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM 881 Views
I get the sense that would be very expensive if found Larry - 07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM 978 Views
Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from. Legolas - 07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM 867 Views
Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers? jh - 07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM 874 Views
Not really, no. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:04:52 PM 914 Views
Huh. Belgians. *NM* jh - 08/02/2011 07:23:05 AM 385 Views
irish libraries are probably 2/3 paperback to 1/3 hardback *NM* Stephen - 09/02/2011 12:00:11 AM 436 Views
I think you have two different questions there random thoughts - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM 919 Views
Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM 912 Views
so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks random thoughts - 09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM 921 Views
Yes, that's definitely a factor. Legolas - 09/02/2011 07:30:14 PM 934 Views
Re: Yes, that's definitely a factor. Camilla - 09/02/2011 07:39:25 PM 909 Views
Have you tried Anne of Green Gables or Middllemarch? Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:16:51 AM 874 Views
Have you read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? *NM* Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:18:30 AM 424 Views
Anything by PG Wodehouse, Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Stephen - 07/02/2011 03:21:43 AM 866 Views
Or, indeed, Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth books Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:01:15 PM 823 Views
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You might like Quicksilver. *NM* Camilla - 07/02/2011 07:09:32 PM 503 Views
Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ... Bookwyrm - 08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM 1085 Views
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