| If it was up to me, all my books would be paperback! But it's not up to me. Publishers have been holding onto Hardback editions longer and longer now... and we're forced to buy the fucking hardback unless you wanna wait a whole year (Stephenson's Baroque Cycle grrrrrr). So practically all the books I end up buying are in hardcover. Worse, the best books out now tend to be MONSTROUS 1000+ page affairs, and they weigh in at around 5-8 pounds, hardly something you can take on the subway and read to work. (Stephenson and R.R. Martin again grrr). |