Christalfuckingmighty

[arjuna_lj]

"Flipbacks".

They fit in your bag just like all the existing books out there already only better, 'cos the paper is crap.

Truly revolutionary.

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[dfordoom]

At least they have to be better than those ghastly ginormous overpriced trade paperbacks that weigh as much as a housebrick. They were the worst publishing idea ever.

[arjuna_lj]

TSPs are fucking awful, I agree. And stupid, because they're killing the 2nd hand market as well; retailers just won't take'em. But these... we're supposed to go all wow about *reduced* quality paper? print size?

And I don't know about you but I wouldn't be able to hold a book shaped like that in the open position for more than about ten minutes at a time... physically very difficult to sustain, surely?

(How does one keep it open while eating, for example? a normal book, you can put the spine under the lip of the plate without obscuring the text or interfering with dinner; that won't work for these...)

Not impressed. Not remotely.

Heh. I love the implication that "fitting in your bag" is something NEW and EXCITING! Nobody's ever carried these things around before... wooo

[dfordoom]

Heh. I love the implication that "fitting in your bag" is something NEW
and EXCITING! Nobody's ever carried these things around before... wooo

It's just amazing no-one ever thought of such an idea before!

Now I understand why the book publishing industry is going down the toilet.

[derien]

Perhaps the next thing they plan to sell us is a little wire contraption that holds it open while you eat. :)