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title = "Books and their sizes"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-02-06T19:25:00+01:00
categories = ["blog"]
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abstract = "A short rant about huge books"
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I used to _love_ buying physical books.
I would still _love_ to, but I am no longer able to.
It's not that the books are too expensive[^fn:1].
The problem is that I live in a typical European flat (64 square meters or 688 square feet) which means I am limited on space.
Books, however, have became _gigantic!_
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Old and new polish edition of Blade Runner.
The new one is gigantic in comparison.
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The publishers started internal war on my shelf space.
I would accept it if there were usability improvements, like bigger font size.
But nope - I fail to see any significant difference.
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Old and new polish edition of Blade Runner.
The text sizes are very similar.
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Back in the 90s, books were a wanted good and the published could not print enough.
In 2024, they lose the battle against yet another bore fest from Netflix.
They are a luxury now.
It's funny, as my last purchase (_Masters of Doom_) is a US issue which is much better sized.
It is bought to be stored in gigantic US houses, but it's much easier to store.
Guess I'll sell most of my post 2010 issues and replace them with older one.
There is an amazing 1993 issue of _Dune_ which gives me painful level of nostalgia.
[^fn:1]: they are, but that's not the point here.
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