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DuskyRose · 09-27-2011, 02:12 PM

While I sometimes like to know if I'm starting something 'thick' rather than 'thin', (mostly when buying. Some ebooks are way overpriced for their size, IMHO.) I'm not real concerned with a book's size once I find the subject matter I'm interested in.

While in a book, I can go with percentages easily. I read a couple of pages, and it's easy to see how long the rest of the book will take. I find it pretty easy to decide if I've got enough time or not, and can bail out pretty quickly if I've only got time or interest for a couple of hours read rather than a couple of weeks.

I do think changing font size and keeping consistent numbers will be a problem. But except for textbooks, where everyone needs to be on the same page for discussion and homework, I don't find it a necessity with fiction.

So the format they have now works fine for me, whether it's a Sony, Kindle, Kobo or Nook. It just takes a glance to know what I want to know.

09-27-2011, 02:12 PM	#11
DuskyRose Guru Posts: 754 Karma: 9209502 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Boox Note Air3, Palma, K-Scribe, Eclipsa 2e, & Libra 2, Ipads	While I sometimes like to know if I'm starting something 'thick' rather than 'thin', (mostly when buying. Some ebooks are way overpriced for their size, IMHO.) I'm not real concerned with a book's size once I find the subject matter I'm interested in. While in a book, I can go with percentages easily. I read a couple of pages, and it's easy to see how long the rest of the book will take. I find it pretty easy to decide if I've got enough time or not, and can bail out pretty quickly if I've only got time or interest for a couple of hours read rather than a couple of weeks. I do think changing font size and keeping consistent numbers will be a problem. But except for textbooks, where everyone needs to be on the same page for discussion and homework, I don't find it a necessity with fiction. So the format they have now works fine for me, whether it's a Sony, Kindle, Kobo or Nook. It just takes a glance to know what I want to know.