Paperbacks are usually my preferred reading editions because i love to mark up my books. I love the vintage international paperbacks, but I gotta say the nyrb editions are stunning. Can't wait to buy a few and get into some of the more niche authors they promote.

Re: Seneca et al, you’re still paying for the translator and new typesetting even for works in the public domain.

Great video! I agree with you on the Oxford World Classics and Vintage picks. They’re my two favorite paperback publishers.

It's not low effort at all! I love these kind of videos! Keep going

I love book series with cover and spine consistency! The Collins Classics and the Wordsworth classics are my favourite VFM paperbacks.

discovered nyrb when I started reading Junger. He might become my favourite author soon and their editions are so nice.

Love a good soft flop! 📖

I am a great lover of paperbacks, definitely prefer them over hardbacks. My favourites are Faber & Faber editions as I really enjoy the slightly thicker pages and nice typeset. My other favourite is Fitzcarraldo, but that is mainly book selection which very much alligns with my personal taste in literature

I think for the Kierkegaard one, you're paying for the translator, so that's probably it. But yeah I can understand the frustration.

These are some of my fave videos!

nyrb will forever be my favorite looking books. i have purposely researched their catalog just so i could have reason to put their books sooner on my tbr books. favorite authors so far have been renata adler and john williams

The long ships is not a book you see on youtube often! Its a popular classic here in Sweden original title being Röde Orm (red Orm). Im reading it right now and its really funny, a humorous tale of pagan times. The language is so good in the original im wondering how it would sound in translation.

I'm relieved to see you posting: your channel is an excellent and singular voice in this BookTube world. Even if you post something light, or merely a thought on a half-formed idea, I'm often just here to hang out with a bookish friend.

Honestly, I rlly loved this video hahah just very personal and caring

Just found this channel. Automatically in the top 4 of booktube

Love the NYRB editions too, though haven’t picked up any as they’re quite pricy here in Australia (understandable as the quality is top tier).

I can’t help but notice how all the English editions of books have their sides written in one direction I am not sure how to explain. The thing I am triggered the most in Bulgarian editions is that the sides are always in random and when you look at the bookshelf it is distracting and you start shifting your head left to right….

Hi! You're really cool. Thank you for sharing :)

Love a Joseph Conrad book, there really is something strange with Sailors being great writers.

Keep up the low effort because it is 👏🏼

I guess when you're not much help to the crew and it takes days/weeks to get where you're going, all you can do is write.