Norman Mailer now on Sony Connect

Cogito · 01-23-2007, 11:03 PM

His new one and a couple of the old. I mention because Harlot’s Ghost alone weighs in at 1200 pages in print, a perfect candidate for electronic reading.

Madam Broshkina · 01-24-2007, 12:35 AM

I downloaded Harlot's Ghost, for people with bad eyes like myself the type at the largest setting is readable but I would much prefer a larger text size. Perhaps I have been too used to reading books on the reader that I was able to set the text size myself. I am not sure if I will download anymore books from Connect until there is more text size options.

KlondikeGeoff · 01-24-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

I downloaded Harlot's Ghost, for people with bad eyes like myself the type at the largest setting is readable but I would much prefer a larger text size. Perhaps I have been too used to reading books on the reader that I was able to set the text size myself. I am not sure if I will download anymore books from Connect until there is more text size options.

Amen! The main reason I got the Reader was that they advertised it as good for people with vision problems, but all the books I've bought still have the largest size (even in landscape) too small for comfortable reading.

I've emailed them about that, but doubt whether they care.

Only Gutenberg books I move up in font size are helpful to be, but heck, I could do that on my Rocket eBook.

I'm very disappointed.

Leaping Gnome · 01-24-2007, 04:26 PM

Wow, the books I've checked the large has been incredibly large, like two or three words per line large. I have noticed different books have different font sizes, which is annoying. I wonder who determines the three sizes, I have to assume it's the publisher because if it was Sony then I would guess all the sizes would be consistent.

NatCh · 01-24-2007, 04:56 PM

It is the pubs who set the font sizes, I believe I remember an off-hand comment to that effect from the Book Festival in Austin last October.

01-23-2007, 11:03 PM	#1
Cogito Reader Posts: 25 Karma: 34 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Device: Sony 505, 500	Norman Mailer now on Sony Connect His new one and a couple of the old. I mention because Harlot’s Ghost alone weighs in at 1200 pages in print, a perfect candidate for electronic reading.

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Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	I downloaded Harlot's Ghost, for people with bad eyes like myself the type at the largest setting is readable but I would much prefer a larger text size. Perhaps I have been too used to reading books on the reader that I was able to set the text size myself. I am not sure if I will download anymore books from Connect until there is more text size options.

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Leaping Gnome Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 1641 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisville Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	Wow, the books I've checked the large has been incredibly large, like two or three words per line large. I have noticed different books have different font sizes, which is annoying. I wonder who determines the three sizes, I have to assume it's the publisher because if it was Sony then I would guess all the sizes would be consistent.

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	It is the pubs who set the font sizes, I believe I remember an off-hand comment to that effect from the Book Festival in Austin last October.