Although beautifully made books are pretty to look at, I am mostly interested in reading novels. I now prefer ebooks to paper books, partly because I can increase the font slightly.
As long as the font is nicely readable, the paragraphs are clearly delineated, italics and bolding readable, etc., I don't really care about someone trying to lay out the page prettily.
Typography is necessary for some things, but I don't always like the font choices in printed books: some are harder to read than necessary. For ebooks, I just want good, readable text, not beauty.
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