It’s the go-to edition when publishers do not expect a best seller or are not willing to invest a lot in publishing a book. Genre fiction or popular fiction is usually always a paperback. However, books of new authors are usually printed as paperback books. That is usually an indication that their fans will ‘collect’ their books.
The books of best-selling authors are always printed as a hardcover first. For example, they are what you buy at airports, train stations and bus stations to be read while you travel. Usually, paperbacks are printed for short time reads. Consequently, the latter is cheaper than the former. Trade paperback books are printed on better quality paper than mass-market paperbacks. Paperbacks can be trade paperbacks or mass-market paperback version. They are smaller than a hardcover, lighter, and get damaged if handled roughly so they need to be handled with care. The spine of paperbacks can be a little tricky. The pages in paperbacks are stuck together with glue rather than being stitched or stapled. Also called softcover, paperbacks have a thick paper or paperboard cover. Some people even use them as home décor! The Paperback Book Hardcover books are published in fewer numbers than paperbacks but being priced higher they tend to bring in more profits for the publisher. Books on law, autobiographies, best sellers, reference guides, and classic literary works are published as hardcover books too. Many academic books and Christian books are published in the hardcover version. The pages are stitched together which is why it can be laid flat on any surface when opened. The spine of a hardcover books are flexible. On the back flap is the biography of the author sometimes accompanied by a photograph and photo/design credits.
On the folded dust jacket, the front cover carries the blurb. In this type of hardcover books, the design is directly printed on the board binding. Now the jacketless hardcover version has become popular too. Hardcovers have dust jackets that are artistically designed. The pH value of acid-free paper is 7, which makes them long lasting. Now moving inside, the paper on which a hardback is printed is acid-free paper. Hardcovers don’t get damaged easily so they last for years. The function of the dust jacket is to protect the pages and keep them intact for a long time. The board is binder’s board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram, a type of stiff cotton cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather. What are some of your book pet peeves? Tell me in the comments.The hard cover is a hardbound book that has a jacket called the dust jacket over the main cover. I want my books to last a very long time and for that to happen they need to be well made and kept in good condition. This one is very closely related to the book size peeve (which, if you haven’t read, go do that and this will make much more sense) but it also has to do with the quality and durability of the books. This is a really complicated pet peeve for me because there are so many exceptions. If I’m given a choice between regular or mass market paperbacks I will always choose regular (unless it’s Stephen King, all of my King books are in mass market form for some reason). They make it so difficult to keep the spine in decent condition.
#Hardcover vs paperback series#
From there I’ll keep my eye out for a discounted hardcover (or if I have more of the books in a series in paperback, I’ll try to replace the outnumbered hardcovers with paperback versions) because I’m a bit of a nut about my series being all in the same format.Īlso, mass market paperbacks are annoying, always. Usually I’ll buy a book in whatever format I can find it on sale or used. Unfortunately I can’t afford that so my shelves are a mix. If price wasn’t an object, I would always choose hardcover. They aren’t very sturdy and will not last the way a hardcover will. Paperbacks are much less uniform about size, making shelves look a mess. Those horrible creases on the spines, especially on used and mass market paperback books. Paperbacks are much cheaper, smaller, and much more portable. They also take up more room on the shelves than paperback books. Hardcovers (for the most part) only come in two sizes, tall and standard, making it easier to keep a uniform book size. They don’t get those awful creases in their spines like paperbacks do if you aren’t careful.
Today I want to cover a popular debate, that being the argument between hardcover and paperback books.
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