[Novalug] Linux Journal Goes Digital - A Costly Decision

[Oscar Merida]

whenever I can I try to get the epub version of a book/magazine, which
reflows text to match the device.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 06, 2011 01:26:19 PM Oscar Merida wrote:
>> I'm starting to come around on electronic publishing. An ebook is very
>> convenient, its portable, via dropbox, I have all my ebooks available
>> on my desktop, laptop, and ipad.
>>
>> This must have reduced LJs costs, with a digital edition, they don't
>> have to pay to print, store, and ship a physical product.  Its likely
>> that keeping the print edition was not an option, I'd rather have an
>> electronic copy than none at all.
>
> It would be nice if they'd take the next logical step and change the form
> factor to match a computer screen.
>
> I read my newspaper on my laptop in electronic form, but it's awkward. I have
> a choice between displaying a horizontal strip in tiny type or displaying even
> less in readable type.
>
> Dan
>
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