| ▲ | analogpixel 14 hours ago |
| Can we get rid of hard cover books yet? |
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| ▲ | mananaysiempre 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not if we want them to survive in a decent condition for more than a couple of decades, no. |
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| ▲ | Finnucane 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Many new trade hardcover books will not last that long. I work at a university press, and we still use acid-free paper, quarter-cloth bindings, sturdy boards, and other niceties that the big trade houses are increasingly giving up on. Guess what? Most of our books cost more than $30, or even $40. | | |
| ▲ | tmoertel 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | Does your university press still sew signatures? A lot of print-on-demand "hardcovers" are just perfect-bound text blocks glued into a hard cover. So disappointing. |
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| ▲ | mystraline 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Not at all. Online DRMed or "streamed" books can be modified or deleted. Its kinda hard (aka impossible) to edit or delete a hardbound book on my bookshelf remotely. |
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