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Posted On: July 13th 2026, 01:12 pm
What happened to letting paperbacks also have pretty illustrations on the cover, as a treat?

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mylibrarium 3 months ago

mylibrarium

This makes me sad! I’m trying to buy my paperbacks as the bookshelves are groaning 🙊 but because of this I end up with even more hardbacks!

bookishl 4 months ago

bookishl

Hard hard hard agree. What the actual heck

beth_is_a_bookworm 4 months ago

beth_is_a_bookworm

I know publishing would never work this way, but I wish you could choose which cover you wanted for your format of choice. Sometimes I like the hardcover version better and vice versa but I almost always prefer buying paperback!

somanybooksetc 4 months ago

somanybooksetc

I hate it!! They look like different books!

carly.slater.marcon 4 months ago

carly.slater.marcon

The Ripeness hardback cover is the paperback cover in Australia 🫢

books_llyfrau 4 months ago

books_llyfrau

I’m obv in the minority because I much prefer the paperback covers.

takeitliterary 4 months ago

takeitliterary

fr! like i got to pay for a hardback and the better cover?😭

_maggiesreads 4 months ago

_maggiesreads

Wait I really like The Silver Book paperback😭

literarydiana 4 months ago

literarydiana

The mass marketification :(

teabooksandtazmyn 4 months ago

teabooksandtazmyn

when covers change drastically from HB to PB like that, it’s usually because sales weren’t as expected so they needed to try and target a different audience with the PB 🫶

eloisereads 4 months ago

eloisereads

it’s actually heartbreaking to see the difference 😢

novelsanddaydreams 4 months ago

novelsanddaydreams

I hate it when they do this! The two that killed me were Thirst Trap and Selfish Girls

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