12-26-2006, 09:22 AM | #1 |
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Question on connect book
Just thought I would give it a shot.... I want to spend my final bit of connect correct for a last book and it's called True Evil by Greg Iles......... I am just curious if anybody purchased this one and if so you could tell me how the font size comes out....... is Large Large. I want it but don't want it if it's going to be the smaller print as the others I purchased and are going to be harder for me to read....
The other three I bought that were small were: The butchers Theatre Private eyes The Lighthouse... These on large were still hard to read....... now one I did purchase that was okay to read was Echol Park........ so Just thought these would help for a comparision if anyone has bought any of these and the one mentioned above... Hmmmmm, maybe we could keep listing somehow of the books and how they show up on the reader...... might be helpful for some of us around here.... then again might not be a good idea either.... just thinking out loud guys. |
12-26-2006, 11:50 AM | #2 |
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Karen,
The only book on your list I purchased from Connect is the P.D. James. The font size of “The Lighthouse” is too small to read in S, and is just shy of newspaper font size in M. L doesn’t leave enough words on the page so I’ve been reading in M. The difficulty I have is the Reader requires more light than printed text, airport waiting rooms which are fine for reading magazines or printed books are problematic for me on the Sony. Been reading the MR topics on booklights, but am disappointed a clip-on light is necessary for an electronic reader. I’m sure I’ll stick it out, but has anyone returned a normally functioning Reader for a refund? Mine is less than a week old. Craig |
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So, what' IS going on here? First case I've seen where same book differed in font size on different Readers. Do you suppose it is a Reader defect? Now what? |
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12-26-2006, 05:45 PM | #4 |
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hmmmmm, well it all could depend upon what we consider large as well. I didn't find Echo Parks font huge but readable enough, all the others are much smaller and of course the ones I convert are much larger than Echo park and I can read them set on medium. I think how we are defining them may be a problem as well, what is large for me might not be quite large enough for you??????
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In other words, what was 200 percent size in the first ones, became the same size as 150 percent in the ones I got later. Definitely too small to read comfortably. |
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12-27-2006, 10:22 AM | #6 |
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Well all I can say is I hope Sony works on this problem.
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12-29-2006, 03:43 PM | #8 |
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April, have you tried to send an email to Sony about it? I found their phone support very good, and other people have reported good responses to emails. Maybe they can explain the size differences in the books, or at least be made aware that it is bothersome to some people so they try to standardize.
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No, I haven't gone that route, I am just being vocal here at this point in time
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