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Probably been asked a million times before but it's a simple question, so which do you prefer?
One is cheaper and easier to carry around, one is a bit more pricey but looks nice and lasts longer.

For me it depends, if I'm going to be toting it around everything then paperback of course, but for the books I like and have time to actually sit down and read I prefer hardback, which also last longer(I have one from 1911, so they certainly stand time well enough) and look better on the shelf.

I usually find that with a good book, it's worth the extra money for something you know will last you.

I usually go for paperbacks. They are, indeed, cheaper, and I usually end up reading on lunch breaks and on the bus. I'm not one to usually just sit and read for a few hours at home, since doing so usually means avoiding doing something else ^-^; I sort of like that nice worn look they can get after the ninth reading x3

I love hardback. I get everything I can in hardback but as you say it is expensive.

I usually go for paperback. It's cheaper and there's no dustsleeve for me to ruin or lose. Also, I tend to break the bindings on books so they have friendly little creases and I dog-ear pages... I feel afraid to ruin the pages in a hard-cover book. If I can't wait for paperback or I get a book as a gift, it could be in hard-cover. My Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book I couldn't imagine in paperback, however, it's a book that just seems to need to be in hard-cover and be imposing and wonderful.

I prefer hardcover, but only if it's about the size of a regular paperback...i don't like the big huge hardcovers, cuz then i'll just buy the paperback. blaugh

Paperback. I like to read while I eat, and the hardbacks are hard to hold with one hand. sweatdrop

I like hardback covers because they are generally nicer looking.
But I always get paperbacks because it's usually all I can afford.