> I've just started the latest Jenny Cain mystery by Nancy
 > Pickard, 'Twilight'.
...
 > My only
 > complaint so far is the PB copy that I have is printed in
 > very small type,
 > about 8 point, and is somewhat taxing to read. At least
 > for my 50 year-old
 > eyes. Maybe Pickard has a kickback deal with optometrists
 > or something :)
 > Anyway I find it hard to read for more than about 10 or
 > 15 minutes at a time.
 
I apologize to the long-time readers of this echo, for whom I am sure I sound 
like a broken record.  However:
 
Authors have no control over things like this.  They are entirely at the 
mercy of the publishers.  Publishers in general are clueless about things 
like this, and don't realize that they are losing sales because the customers 
open a book, say "Yow!" or some equivalent, and put the book back on the 
shelf.  It's all because some bean-counter somewhere has decided they can 
save X much on paper costs if they squeeze the text down by setting it 
smaller.  Or something.
 
But please don't blame the poor author, who suffers financially from 
dunderheaded decisions like this one.
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