Sujet : Re: Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire
De : jdnicoll (at) *nospam* panix.com (James Nicoll)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 02. Oct 2024, 14:13:43
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In article <
cb4ofj9g8ue4sj46q3pfm1chk97fbk4qkn@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <
psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:54:36 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
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I just do not have shelf space for hardbacks.
I do mostly Kindle books now, as my bookshelves are quite full.
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But my experience with the Kindle edition of /From Hell/ showed me
that Kindle is not really suited to graphic novels, manga, art books,
and similar items. So I still get them, on rare occasions, in paper.
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And in paperback when possible. But a lot of times it is not possible,
or at least inconvenient for various reasons, I then I get hardback.
Generally at unbelievable expense, I might add.
Alton Brown would no doubt berate me for having a unitasking
device but I have enough ttrpg material in PDF, and enough
of it is double-columned, a pain in the ass to read in PDF
on a laptop, that I picked up a 12.4 inch tablet on sale.
Filled up 200 GB of its 250 GB memory already.
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