Re: Re:EBooks - mostly printed out and read or are they read online

Sony has a pretty big font, probably 14 or 16 pts, but it won't work 
with .pdfs.
joseph harris wrote:
>
> From: "Elizabeth Burton"
> > When you say "read online," to me that means reading it on a
> > computer
> > in a browser. Is that what's meant? Or should it have read
> > "read on a
> > computer?"
> >
> > I know of very few ebook fans who print the book out. That
> > would
> > totally defeat the purpose of an ebook. And as has been pointed
> > out,
> > most ebook formats prohibit printing in any case.
> >
> > People who read ebooks do so on an electronic device: a
> > computer/
> > laptop, a PDA, a smartphone or a dedicated ebook reader like
> > the
> > eBookwise, Sony or Kindle. Again, this speaks to the fact one
> > of the
> > main joys of ebooks are their portability. Why would someone
> > buy an
> > ebook then spend more money printing it out rather than just go
> > buy
> > the print version? The only reason not to is if the book was
> > produced
> > by a publisher that doesn't do print, and given Lulu's various
> > tiers
> > of "product," including one with a free set-up, there's really
> > no
> > reason for a book NOT to be available in print form even if the
> > author
> > has to do it.
> >
> > Liz
>
> This in no way challenges what you have written which is broadly
> right so far as I know, but there is one very good reason for
> printing out - though it may not be straightforward.
>
> Some people need large size print to read. And while that
> should be possible in a browser or reader window like a pdf, it
> seems - from my understaning - harder to achieve in dedicated
> readers.
>
> Joseph Harris [I await a storm of correction ;-)]
>
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