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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
What problems do you have with the format? I'm just curious because I like their versions (mostly because of the good sized margins on the sides). And your first 100 of those are free...
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I have never collected my free 100 books from Sony (and I know the offer never expires, so perhaps one day), but I, too, like the way Sony formats its books. One of the things I dislike about some of the books uploaded here to MR is that they display screen margin to margin. Like Lilac, I prefer the good-sized margins, which makes me feel more like I am reading a traditional book than reading computer code. I find the screen margin-to-margin books claustrophobic
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Generally, I have no complaint about the fonts Sony uses, although I wish the base font size was equivalent to 12-point Times New Roman (not suggesting that TNR should be the font used, only setting a comparison base). I would say that of the books I have bought from Sony, I have had to increase 50% to medium and 3% to large, the rest being fine in small, in order to comfortably read. When I buy from Baen, nearly all have to be enlarged. And when I run .LIT books through Calibre, choosing 12 point is perfect every time.