Hardcover VS Paperback

CKK   Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:16 am GMT
Why is the Paperback edition of <Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary> more expensive than the Hardcover on Amazon UK? (Paperback: £37.00, Hardcover: £48.14.) What are the differences between them?If you have to buy one, then which kind would you prefer? (I'd prefer paperback, because it suits my hands better). Thanks!
SUZUKI   Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:34 am GMT
I prefer Paperback to Hardcover, in Japan, it's very popular to make Leather, Plastic, Soft dictionary cover, instead of cardboard or any hard materials.
samurai   Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:48 am GMT
<<Why is the Paperback edition of <Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary> more expensive than the Hardcover on Amazon UK>>

<<Paperback: £37.00, Hardcover: £48.14.>>


Are you mentally deficient?
CKK   Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:41 am GMT
Sorry, the unit price should be<<Paperback: £37.97 & Hardcover: £37.00>>
blanc   Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:12 am GMT
<<Sorry, the unit price should be<<Paperback: £37.97 & Hardcover: £37.00>> >>


The reason it costs 97 cents more is because they wrap paperback books up in bubble wrap because they're more easily damaged. Bubble wrap is not free.