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Meaning of Large Print Books:
Meaning of Large Print Books:
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I recently found out that many publishers do not know the definition or meaning of Large Print Books.
Many major book publishers (publishing for over a decade) on Amazon claim their books are "LARGE PRINT" while it is not.
The definition/meaning of a Large Print Book is "materials most commonly available in 16 to 18pt type" on paper, according to National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Ref: URL
Amazon defines LARGE PRINT as, books with font sizes of at least 16pts or 5.6mm or 0.22inch. That is, on printed paper, if you take a ruler and measure, the font must meet the aforementioned specifications.
After some digging, I found out that several book publishers (major and minor) do not know the definition of LARGE PRINT!
And the unfortunate part is that, there are some major book publishers giving 10pt font sizes and claiming it as a LARGE PRINT book. Can it be called false advertising?
I get their idea, they used an 18pt font when they made their book digitally, BUT forgot the fact that, it will be printed onto a medium size 6x9" or similar book, thereby defeating the whole point!
In the end, the best test is to print it out and use a ruler to measure it!
Gist of the matter is, if you create the book using 18pt font in your software, and you print the page into a tiny 4x6" book, your font will be considered small and therefore, you should not call it "LARGE PRINT".
When I published my first book, even I did not know about this. In my first book, puzzle grids were large print but word list was not! My bad.
Now that I know about it, I will never mislead any of my customers. Again, if I make a promise, I have to keep the promise, right?
Sad part is, I have to compete with those publishers who claim their small 10pt fonts are large print as a majority of customers like "LARGE PRINT" books, especially our seniors.
What can I do here, except just to silently rant about it and helplessly forget about it and move on!
Ciao :)
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