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Matt:
I can sympathise. I've worked on boats since I left college. Thankfully, most sailors/boaters are readers, and most boats have a decent library.
For years, I dreamt of a nice big room given over to the storage of books. These days, considering my career and foreseeable living conditions, a really nice chair and my PRS-500 is fine for me.
My wife might be doing her residency in Boston. That means prestigious job, *really* small condo. I like the promise of our new digital overlords.
@ Dennis:
Proofreading is important, and I can see it being very important to the company that distributes the work. Last night, finished reading The Call of Cthulhu on my Reader that I either got hear or was a Gutenberg text that I converted with LIBPRS. There were typos and bizarre spacings, but I know what ol' Phil was on about, so they did not matter.
However, I fear the mangling of original texts due to neglectful copy/scanning, the same way I lament the death of homonyms and correct use of grammar & cliches thanks to the internet and poor education.
"To be or not too br" We all get the notion, but it really lacks some of Shakespeare's original punch.
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