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Posts: 10 4 July, 2007 10:06 PM Mother	Tags : None If a limited edition hardback of Newtons Sleep was published, would you buy it? (Result) Yes, I prefer hardbacks Yes, I'd buy both the hardback and paperback Probably, if it wasn't too expensive No, I'd only get the paperback No, I don't intend to buy it in any format
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Posts: 847 4 July, 2007 10:47 PM cousin curmudgeon	With most books, I prefer paperbacks. But for special ones I prefer to go for hardbacks - so I have all of Michael Marshall Smith's novels in hardback, as well as Neal Stephenson and Chris Brookmyre's most recent few works. Also, I have both FP hardbacks. So I'd buy both. (This timeline is missing and can not be restored)
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little sister/brother Posts: 30 5 July, 2007 12:50 PM	I'd go for paperback but if it only came out in hardback I'd buy that without a second thought. I think the best format is going to be the one that leaves the publisher in the least vulnerable position. I don't want to see this line having to end again.
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mother/father Posts: 515 15 July, 2007 2:04 PM	pick one format or the other and stick to it, that's why I only buy the Discworld novels in paperback, and I keep my 9DA's and 10DA's in a different room to my NA's/MA's/8DA's/PDA's
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little sister/brother Posts: 30 15 July, 2007 7:46 PM	ushas the rani wrote: pick one format or the other and stick to it, that's why I only buy the Discworld novels in paperback, and I keep my 9DA's and 10DA's in a different room to my NA's/MA's/8DA's/PDA's I keep mine on a different planet, though that's nothing to do with them being hardbacks.
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mother/father Posts: 150 17 July, 2007 6:47 PM	Think I voted for hardbacks, but thinking about it I'd probably buy both. Second the call for caution and careful consideration before possibly publishing in two formats though; figure Faction Paradox are probably a bit of a niche market and hardbacks when paperbacks were also available would probably be a niche of a niche markets. Lawrence once said if they'd been a bit more reserved with the comics and kept them black and white rather than going for colour they might still have been around today. Though the colour was nice and I'd quite like nice hardback versions too, it not that big a deal and I'd far rather see the range flourish and succeed.
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Posts: 847 17 July, 2007 11:15 PM cousin curmudgeon	GlynG wrote: Lawrence once said if they'd been a bit more reserved with the comics and kept them black and white rather than going for colour they might still have been around today. Though the colour was nice and I'd quite like nice hardback versions too, it not that big a deal and I'd far rather see the range flourish and succeed. Word.
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mother/father Posts: 515 18 July, 2007 4:20 PM	of course he could just go back in time and change history
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mother/father Posts: 482 18 July, 2007 8:58 PM	I miss the timeline where the FP comics were bigger than Sandman. Of course, in that timeline, Larry went on a machine-gun rampage at a sci-fi con, so perhaps this timeline's better. (Also, Neil Gaiman is First Minister of Scotland over there.) The Stacks - the site for Faction Paradox fanfic and other fanworks "Larry was with us in spirit" - Kate Orman (for more of my messed up thoughts on culture, magick and revolutionary politics)
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mother/father Posts: 515 18 July, 2007 10:14 PM	doloras wrote: I miss the timeline where the FP comics were bigger than Sandman. I can't find the time line where the BBC played Enter Sandman at the Live Earth concert
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mother/father Posts: 515 19 July, 2007 1:25 PM	getting back on topic, if the hardback had something exclusive to offer, eg a prelude/foreword/afterword or maybe a few thoughts/opinions of the writer, then it might be tempting, otherwise given the choice between an expensive hardback and a cheaper paperback I'll pick paperback every time (except when I don't), I just don't see hard backs as exclusive or special, I see them as looking odd when stuck in between a load of paperbacks. You should see my Riftward collection, it looks awful because it's a mix of hardbacks, tall paperbacks and standard height paperbacks, not very pretty pretty at all all
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