There were four or five formats called Octavio, I suppose keeping it the size of a 'book', Apple was bound to hit close to one of them.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:47 AM, tjpa <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > >> I want to handle one with the form >> factor of two facing pages in a book like shape. I've only seen a kindle >> up >> close once and had a quick look at the NookEBook at a Barnes and Noble. >> The >> nook looked too small. >> > > The reason most books are of a certain size is convenience. > > Back around 1501 Aldus Manutius wanted to standardize on a book format that > gentlemen of leisure could easily transport in a pocket or a satchel... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldus_Manutius > > That's was an octavio format, which is about 9 x 6 inches. > > iPad is about 9-1/2 x 7-1/2. Wisdom of the ages? > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
