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Old 01-16-2016, 10:03 PM   #15
Little.Egret
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post


You amaze me, you do. Why on earth do you think that the shopper actually looks at the FILE SIZE of a book, prior to buying it? I don't know how many K books I've bought, since my first Kindle, but I can honestly say that in all those books--hundreds, or even thousands, I suspect--I've never ONCE looked at the file size in the product details. I don't think I'm any different than anyone else in that regard.Hitch
People are different.

I look because (a) it's a detector for fixed format books (b) for books with lots of images and maps it gives an indicator of quality. (c) it's an indicator of time needed to download, especially if not using broadband.

But perhaps this is geekish ?


Jamie's 15-Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R6IHBUQ/

File Size: 299 415 KB
Print Length: 288 pages
Publisher: Michael Joseph (12 Mar. 2015)
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