[Notjohn]

It's not just phones. I was sent a PDF advance copy of a book to be published in June. Usually I can handle this on my 8-inch Fire tablet, but this one is a large-format book, and though I'm fascinated by the subject and indeed maintain a website about it, I finally quit reading. It's just too aggravating. So Yale University Press will go without a review of the fourth volume of a rather ambitious project, three of which I have previously reviewed and recommended. It's not the only flaw in their marketing plan (charging $85 for a hardcover when the previous three volumes were $24 paperbacks) but it's pretty bad. All because they weren't willing to send out the actual book or an ARC or at the very least bound galleys.

And if I had PAID for the book? Back it would go for refund.