No more books in print form? Surely too early for such a drastic step?
(Although I have to admit that I do love ebooks a lot. I love their portability, the fact it doesn't have to be physically returned [I read almost exclusively from a library], and &c). However, I tried to read Virgil on my Kobo ereader and just couldn't because of the margins. It's good that browsers and such reflow text to suit the resolution of the screen! But squashing lines together and verses as though it were prose really doesn't work, because in poetry the line breaks (and sometimes indents, oh, you Romantics!) are important!
Apparently I have feelings about these things.
Congratulations getting the job! I think I forgot to comment on that entry, oops.
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Date: 2011-12-07 05:05 am (UTC)(Although I have to admit that I do love ebooks a lot. I love their portability, the fact it doesn't have to be physically returned [I read almost exclusively from a library], and &c). However, I tried to read Virgil on my Kobo ereader and just couldn't because of the margins. It's good that browsers and such reflow text to suit the resolution of the screen! But squashing lines together and verses as though it were prose really doesn't work, because in poetry the line breaks (and sometimes indents, oh, you Romantics!) are important!
Apparently I have feelings about these things.
Congratulations getting the job! I think I forgot to comment on that entry, oops.