Thursday, June 26, 2008

Why Don't New Books Come Out in Paperback

This has been bugging me for a long time. Especially whenever summer or traveling comes around.

The hardcover book is a nice accessory but should be optional upon a book's release. Does anyone really enjoy the extra effort of having to support the weight of a hard cover and not being able to bend back pages at your ease? Hardcovers are rigid and make reading less enjoyable.

Heading into summer, I cannot think of anybody that would prefer to carry a hardcover out with them to the beach in comparison to a light weight soft cover book. This is even more so during traveling. Noone wants a heavy carry on bag.

I prefer reading the most up to date non-fiction books yet am held back by this dilemma. I am looking into reading Buying In or OBD:Obsessive Branding Disorder but with traveling soon, I'll have to put these off for a little.

Damn Hardcovers

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