[Timboli]

Another reason I prefer ebooks, is because of the behavior of publishers.

This year for instance, I have read a few Terry Brooks novels, some of them paperbacks. Two of those have what can only be described of as microscopic print, and I bought them online unseen.

It is disgraceful really. The publisher clearly printed them on the cheap. The print is not dark either, so even a penny pinching of the ink. Both those novels are less than 400 pages, so no need for the print to be so unbelievably small.

I am one of those who is still lucky enough at my age, to not need glasses. So I can read those paperbacks unassisted, but it is more tiring when everything is so small and close together. Depending on lighting conditions, sometimes I use magnifying glasses, but because I have long arms, and they are set to work at a specific distance, my arms get tired holding the book up so close.

P.S. Because I am a big fan of Terry Brooks, and because I am mid way through reading his series within series, the publisher calls all the shots, and I am at their mercy. They have all the power.