Hardback vs Paperback
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Posts: 10 4 July, 2007 10:06 PM Mother |
If a limited edition hardback of Newtons Sleep was published, would you buy it? (Result) |
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arfiem |
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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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War Arrow |
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little sister/brother
Posts: 27 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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ushas the rani |
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mother/father
Posts: 490 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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War Arrow |
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little sister/brother
Posts: 27 15 July, 2007 7:46 PM |
ushas the rani wrote: I keep mine on a different planet, though that's nothing to do with them being hardbacks. |
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cousin
Posts: 145 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.
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arfiem |
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Posts: 847 17 July, 2007 11:15 PM cousin curmudgeon |
GlynG wrote: Word. |
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ushas the rani |
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mother/father
Posts: 490 18 July, 2007 4:20 PM |
of course he could just go back in time and change history
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doloras |
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mother/father
Posts: 439 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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ushas the rani |
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mother/father
Posts: 490 18 July, 2007 10:14 PM |
doloras wrote: I can't find the time line where the BBC played Enter Sandman at the Live Earth concert |
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ushas the rani |
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mother/father
Posts: 490 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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