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ardeegee · 08-20-2010, 01:41 PM

I think it is an issue of "beggars can't be choosers." I'd rather have proper formatting, but given a choice of paying 5 bucks (or more) for a print copy of a public domain classic and getting a digital version for free-- but losing italics and running into the occasional typo-- I'm going to take the freebie. If the formatting was utterly mangled, I might spring for buying the print version. But I'd rather keep the 5 bucks if it is just living without italics. (That attitude, I'm sure, also comes from years of reading plain-text ebooks on 160x160 pixel PDA screen-- I couldn't have had italics anyway.)

08-20-2010, 01:41 PM	#13
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	I think it is an issue of "beggars can't be choosers." I'd rather have proper formatting, but given a choice of paying 5 bucks (or more) for a print copy of a public domain classic and getting a digital version for free-- but losing italics and running into the occasional typo-- I'm going to take the freebie. If the formatting was utterly mangled, I might spring for buying the print version. But I'd rather keep the 5 bucks if it is just living without italics. (That attitude, I'm sure, also comes from years of reading plain-text ebooks on 160x160 pixel PDA screen-- I couldn't have had italics anyway.) Last edited by ardeegee; 08-20-2010 at 04:11 PM.