Don Donovan
There's a lot to be said for Amazon's
Kindle e-books. They're cheap and immediately available with tremendous range of
titles. The Kindle or iPad reader is convenient to handle and can store books
that used to require bookshelves. I have over 5000 real books in my house, I
could probably store that many on my iPad - I don't know, I haven't had it long
enough.
But having been reading e-books for a
little while now, and having had three of my own books published, I am beginning
to see some things missing.
For a start, although you can increase or
decrease the type size, you're stuck with Georgia, a typeface designed
specifically for Microsoft for use on computer screens. It's very legible but,
being a typographer from hot metal days, I crave variety. I would so much like
to have choice to go with my mood and mood of the book I'm reading. Garamond,
Baskerville, Bell, Perpetua, Times...
Next you're stuck with page size. It's the
size of the screen you're reading the book on.
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