How To Be Invisible: Paperback Edition

I got this one as a little gift from a friend, which is fantastic as I had no plans to pick it up myself. But since I now have it, I thought it would be a great opportunity to post a rant about it and see if there are any comparative differences, apart from the obvious... this could end up being a very short rant. If you haven't checked out my post on the hardback, you can do so HERE

The artwork on the cover is done by illustrator Jim Kay, and he's got some interesting artwork on his website and Instagram if you want to check it out. On the latter, he mentions how the cover was Kate's concept. It's interesting to say the least, and it sort of reminds me a little bit of the film, The Night of the Hunter. The artwork continues onto the spine and back of the book, as well as the inside front and back folds. I did my best to do scans of this, so that you could see the individual sections. The letters of the book title are embossed, but only on the front cover.

 

There's a new introduction by Kate, but it's only 2 ½ pages long. Fortunately, the previous introduction that was in the book by David Mitchell has been removed. Good! I am grateful for that. I could barely stomach getting through his drivel the first time. Unfortunately, I could not scan this in, or any other part of the book for that matter without cracking the spine.

Unfortunately, this is where the differences between the paperback and hardback end. From this point onward, everything else I mentioned in regards to the hardback in my original post is exactly the same in the paperback edition. There's the same grouping of songs listed (83 to be exact), and the same limited number of doodles and crazy fonts throughout the book. There doesn't seem to be as many blank pages, both half pages and full ones, but there's still enough for it to be noticeable. 

I don't have a personal preference for one over the other - they're both fine. The paperback is probably the best version to have if you're travelling by bus or something.