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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
When did they start making the type so small? And make the books so hard to hold open? There is never a bookmark handy. My hands are cramping, and just try eating while holding a paperback open. Couldn't get comfortable at all last night in bed.
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I work at a publisher right now (detached to them) and they're moving office next month. They publish schoolbooks, atlasses and literary books for high school students (these are generally reprints of existing novels). Those literary books are published once a year, every year 5 different ones (or rather, 5 Dutch, 5 English and 5 French). But, not all books are sold. And some were available for free for employees (detached or own). So, I brought some books home from a very good Dutch children's book writer (sadly deceased now). Well, they were in paper, and I really wanted to read it. So, I did. The pains I had reading at the table (as Elsi said, book wouldn't stay open!), having to turn on the light in bed (I've been reading on my backlit PDA for ages), and it's not handy to take with me everywhere...
Last week, I got three more books the same way, I think I'll just destroy them and put them under the scanner (if I can get myself to undo the binding, my parents taught me to treat books with care...)
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Originally Posted by jgray
This reminds me of the TiVo phenomenon. Whenever I would watch TV at someone else's house, I would be frustrated because I couldn't pause the TV when I needed a bathroom break. Doesn't everyone have a TiVo?
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What's TiVo? And I can't pause my tv...