I finally got a copy of the print version of
Edna's Employment Agency.
Amazon did a nice job! The novel was designed as an ebook, so the print version is a bit of an afterthought (nothing against print, which I like just fine). It looks great though! They basically print the pdf version of the book with a few formatting modifications. The oddest one is that they take pages of the pdf that aren't full pages and center them instead of keeping them at the top of the page. That's a bit strange, but I found it didn't bother me once I started reading. And I enjoyed reading the book as well. In fact, it made me laugh out loud numerous times. It was pleasant to read it as a reader and not as a writer revising it or whatnot. It's a very funny book. It's definitely the best book I've read this year (though of course, I haven't read all the other hundred thousand books that have come out, and I might be a bit biased having written the thing as well). But I write the kind of books that I want to read. I like to laugh and I like thoughtprovoking works, and this novel fits those descriptions. I am very happy with it. It is nice to have a print version this handsome as well rather than just a printout of the pdf paperclipped together. It's mainly there though for those who prefer to read in print (and they are of course welcome to just print out the pdf if that's cheaper/easier). It is nice to have it available, however.
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