I ordered a book online and it arrived this morning. I ran downstairs eagerly, I ripped open the package and this is what I saw.
It looked perfect, a cheap publication of an old classic. However when I opened it, this is what I saw. I was shocked and appalled. It has to be the dumbest thing I have ever experienced. Just last week a girl in my tutorial at uni asked "is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Rome or Pisa?" This was worse. Let's take a look at what I saw...
A book in landscape! Useless. On the first page there was an explanation, "the patent pending landscape reading format...gives you the freedom to lie in any comfortable position and hold or rest your book in a way that best suits your preference...curl your body around it. Cradle it in your hands, and your...in complete comfort..."
I do not think anyone ever struggled reading a normal book, i manage to "...lie in any comfortable position and hold or rest your book in a way that best suits your preference...curl your body around it. Cradle it in your hands, and your...in complete comfort..." Additionally, it sounds really sexual. "...lie in any comfortable position and hold or rest...in a way that best suits your preference...curl your body around it. Cradle it in your hands, and your...in complete comfort..."
This new concept of publishing in landscape is a complete breach of tradition. It has been argued that it is worse than ebooks, kindles and the like.
