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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Color is certainly an option with bestselling authors like Danielle Steele, Stephen King, John Grisham, etc., but it's rarely used. Apparently it isn't worth the added expense, minimal though it would be for those print runs. Who needs color chapter titles? The only ones I've seen, on ebooks for PCs, have been a hideous blue that I would pay extra to have in black.
As for "serious reading" I think there's some confusion between "serious reading" and "serious readers." Certainly most fiction reading is for entertainment, and most of it is trivial, but a "serious reader" reads a lot of it. In this sense, the word "serious" doesn't mean "grim and weighty" but "someone who does a lot of something."
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I'm clear on the definitions of "serious." I tend to use it mockingly when people dismiss color as not for serious readers.
I happen to be a serious reader who sees the value of color for serious reading, as well as for lighter reading.