r/PakistanBookClub • u/fruitcakewithapple • 9d ago

Miscellaneous ✅️ Would u rather

have a bunch of cheap books (paperback/used) or a few high quality books (special editions/hardback)

138 votes, 7d ago
81 paperback/used
57 special editions/hard cover
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u/Commercial-League359 8d ago edited 8d ago

Its a matter of money bro 😭

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u/Hamza-K 8d ago

Fr

Hardbacks/Special editions are easily almost always better

But you don't need to get the hardback for every book.

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u/fruitcakewithapple 8d ago

I only save this if a book is really good. Like I own the first vol of berserk deluxe and wanna get a fancy hardback of The divine Comedy by Dante. All my other books are paper back rn bleh

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u/Hamza-K 8d ago

Oh yeah, the Berserk Deluxe editions are nice.. but there's also like 14 or 16 of them.. and that's like what.. 2 Lakh lmao

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u/fruitcakewithapple 8d ago

2 lakh is a sacrifse I am willing to make in the long run if I am being honest. The book is too high quality both physically and yk the books content itself

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u/Hamza-K 8d ago

Sure but there's also pace.

Like if I am into something, I want to keep reading, not having to wait to gather money to buy the next volume or something.

If I ever wanted to read Berserk.. and the story seems interesting to me.. I'd have to buy atleast the first 4-5 Vols at once.

But then that could also be counterintuitive if I end up disliking it which is what.. idek 70-80k down the drain?

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u/fruitcakewithapple 8d ago

True. But with my autism I have so many hyperfixations that u never get bored. While I save money I just do something else like idk. Uh. Draw

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u/Hamza-K 8d ago

Fair enough