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Originally Posted by 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.
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When I used to buy lots of pBooks, I would mostly by paperback books. These would be mass market format books. They were a good size for the bookcase and a good fit for holding. Now the publishers have come out with this trade format that's awful. It's too tall, too narrow, and is not nice to hold. These were created in order to be able to raise the price of paperback books even though the publishers LIE and say it's what the public wants. That's BS. If the public wanted trade format, that would have happened a long time ago. This is just a way for the publishers to make more money and nothing to do with what the consumer wants.