Hardbacks vs. Paperbacks vs. Ebooks?

The book lovers of the world have many choices nowadays, but I will ALWAYS prefer paperback. Maybe I’m crazy but here are my reasons why. Please feel free to share in the comments which type wins for you and why.

Hardback Cons

1. Heavy

2. More expensive

3. Dustcover (Once you lose it, it’s just a boring, bland-looking book. I love the artwork on the covers, and I hate to lose it. Yet, because dustcovers are so awkward to have on while reading, I always take them off and seem to lose them or find them damaged.) :(

4. Easily breakable (Mine always seem to have shitty spines that break. Side note: my friends have recently told me there is a special, rich people way to opening books so this doesn’t happen. This seems counter-intuitive to me. So we are making books that need instructions? That the average reader does not know or have? Whyyyyyyyy?)

Ebook Cons

1. Must be charged

2. Cannot easily flip through to find favorites (Yes, I know you can save or mark your favorites, but it isn’t the same. Oftentimes scenes grow on me after I have read them and continue reading. Grow. As in, it’s not my favorite right then when I freaking need to mark it or else I will need find it ever, ever, again because all the pages look the same and I cannot see where it is in relation to the rest of the book.)

3. Much more of a valuable (People are more likely to steal kindles than books, it seems, and so you have to spend more time making sure it doesn’t get stolen.)

4. Can’t be left in hot or cold places

5. It’s not a real book

6. It’s not a real book

7. It’s not a real book

Paperback Pros

1. It’s a real book

2. It’s durable (If something gets bent, you can put stuff on top of it to fix it. If the whole cover and spine of hardback has been destroyed, that’s a lot harder to fix. As well, how annoying would it be to read an e-reader with a cracked screen or an ebook with a glitch?)

3. Light

4. Can be taken everywhere

5. Cheaper

6. Great cover art

7. Timing (By the time a paperback comes out, you probably know if the book is good or not.)

So what if ebooks are more portable or hardbacks come out first? I will always stay true to my paperbacks…until the next book in The Song of Ice and Fire series comes out…