I personally love owning physical copies of books because when I read them, I can physically feel how far I am from the book. Some would argue that on kindle, or any sort of e-book, you can see which page you are at immediately and a bar below, but I like to feel the weight of the papers on my hands.
I own the Japanese version of 1Q84, but the covers are not as attractive as the covers in the States, which "is wrapped in a translucent jacket with arresting gaze of a young woman peering through." Now that I think about it, I believe that Japanese books tend to have simpler covers (especially fiction novels) compared to those in America. At bookstores in Japan, whenever I buy a book, they ask if I need a book cover( a thin paper that wraps and covers your book). I wonder if it's because Japanese people do not want strangers to be seen what kind of books they are reading or if they just want to cover the book to protect it?
- Airi H
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