midnight13 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Happy New Year’s Eve! Or, for some people, new year’s day! I think I’m kind of a messy reader - I dog ear pages, fold the spine of paperbacks. So yeah. I was bored. How battered are your Sanderson books? This is my copy of tWoK. Is your copy worse off? Better? Well, believe it or not, I got this six days ago. I think it’s pretty beaten down for being less than a week old... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Much better because I mostly read them once and then rereads are on the kindle version! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecky Twig Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Most of my Sanderson books are in good condition, except Elantris which is held together with sticky tape and has pages falling out of it. The Elantris book is the eldest of my Sanderson books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 My copy of WoK honestly looks basically the same as the picture you posted. I've used it a lot and had it for a few years, and most of my mass market paperbacks also have damaged spines. I have hardcover copies that are in almost perfect condition, so it doesn't really bother me when the paperbacks are damaged. However, (although this isn't Sanderson) I will never be able to look at my copy of The Wise Man's Fear without feeling disappointed. The spine broke in half on my first read through and now pages fall out. I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn't work so now it's covered in tape. I can't even read some of the pages because I damaged them so much while attempting to fix the book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 The books? They're doing great! The covers that I've had to remove off of them due to how ugly they looked? Not so well. I just got a leatherbound Warbreaker, too, and I'm not even allowing myself to even touch that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 My copies of Mistborn Era Two are a bit creased, but that's about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I’ve used this copy of Oathbringer once. I crack a lot of spines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight13 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Green Hoodie Mistborn said: Much better because I mostly read them once and then rereads are on the kindle version! Wow...that’s still incredible! I’ve only read through my copy of WoK once. 5 hours ago, Ghanderflaffle said: I’ve used this copy of Oathbringer once. I crack a lot of spines. Yep, me too. I think the cracked spines are the worst thing about mass market paperbacks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Well, my earlier statement is defunct. I cracked the spine on my brand-new copy of Elantris. The things I'm willing to do to not cramp my arm muscles.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 12/31/2020 at 7:52 PM, midnight13 said: - I dog ear pages, You monster On 1/1/2021 at 10:13 AM, Ghanderflaffle said: I’ve used this copy of Oathbringer once. I crack a lot of spines. Is that a copy of "A World Without Hero's" I've laid my eyes on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmgoat Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 my books are perfect condition... mainly because they are ebooks, but nevermind that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Frustration said: Is that a copy of "A World Without Hero's" I've laid my eyes on? It is indeed. I picked it up at a secondhand store a while ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 17 hours ago, Chasmgoat said: my books are perfect condition... mainly because they are ebooks, but nevermind that. Same! All of my hardcovers are brand-new, because I’ve been reading Sanderson for almost two years now but only on kindle. . . I only read my hardcovers in my room, and I never take them anywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'm in the 'read the hardbounds once' camp (and I take the covers off when I do) and then do my rereading either digitally or in paperback form, so the copies I care about are in good condition while my paperbacks for Stormlight in particular are looking a bit... worn. And my Warbreaker paperback is probably due for a replacement too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlWhoLookedUp Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 All my Sanderson book are in pretty good condition… …All except WoR I’ve had it for three years now and it definitely shows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Weltall said: I'm in the 'read the hardbounds once' camp (and I take the covers off when I do) and then do my rereading either digitally or in paperback form, so the copies I care about are in good condition while my paperbacks for Stormlight in particular are looking a bit... worn. Yeah, I take off the book covers. All of my (at least 14) Stormlight read have been on kindle until I’ve recently gotten the hardcovers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 4:33 PM, Weltall said: I'm in the 'read the hardbounds once' camp (and I take the covers off when I do) and then do my rereading either digitally or in paperback form, so the copies I care about are in good condition while my paperbacks for Stormlight in particular are looking a bit... worn. And my Warbreaker paperback is probably due for a replacement too. I take off the covers, but it’s because I find them annoying. They slide around if you don’t hold them right and come off so easily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Ghanderflaffle said: I take off the covers, but it’s because I find them annoying. They slide around if you don’t hold them right and come off so easily. Yeah. I made that mistake of reading one with it on, and the book slipped out. When I tried to catch it I basically crumpled the cover, so I’m not doing that again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 *Is skilled enough to read with covers on, and in print, without harming the books* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Frustration said: *Is skilled enough to read with covers on, and in print, without harming the books* I mean I can, but it’s so much more convenient to take it off. (Hardcovers from the library are ok since they tape it on, but that can get in the way too sometimes) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushu42 Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Most of my book collection is on kindle, but my Mistborn books are physical and quite battered. I lent The Well of Ascension to a classmate and it came back with the cover off, so that was fun. I'm not a careless reader - I don't write in books or dogear them or leave them open on a table - but I do carry them around and read them at odd moments, which can take a toll. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 22 hours ago, Rushu42 said: leave them open on a table Cough cough Yea I’d never do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinkoln Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) On 12/31/2020 at 9:52 PM, midnight13 said: Happy New Year’s Eve! Or, for some people, new year’s day! I think I’m kind of a messy reader - I dog ear pages, fold the spine of paperbacks. So yeah. I was bored. How battered are your Sanderson books? This is my copy of tWoK. Is your copy worse off? Better? Well, believe it or not, I got this six days ago. I think it’s pretty beaten down for being less than a week old... All of my books are in pristine condition. I read them carefully, I don’t dog eat pages, the books don’t get bent, the spines look like I just bought the book. The only exception is Era 1 Mistborn and Elantris, both of which I bought from “Well Used” on Amazon. Those were the first Sanderson books I was introduced to, and I wasn’t going to buy expensive new books for an author that I might not like. After I read them, I kept them with care and they have not degraded at all since I got them. Also, lots of people are saying that they they have eBooks or hardcover, I am told that I am odd. I buy exclusively paperback books. I will not own a book if it it hardcover. Edited January 12, 2021 by Chinkoln 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 I own a lot of paperbacks, most of my hardcovers are gifts. The ones that aren’t were the only option or on sale so they were cheaper than the paperbacks. I’m a high schools student, I can’t afford really nice hardcovers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Doomstick Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Me as a high school student who only uses money for hardcovers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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