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After making my post about the large-print book, Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter, I contacted Thorndike Press, inviting them to look. To my pleasant surprise, Jamie Knobloch, the Publisher, wrote back after having visited my blog. I replied asking for permission to quote her. “Yes, certainly!  I am happy to add to the discussion, and always appreciate feedback from readers.”

This is what her original message said:

Thanks for sharing that, Cheryl!  I’ll share it around here.  We
chose to use Arial italic (wherever the original publishers used italics) in our books after testing it for readability with sight impaired readers.

I also was interested in the comment about thinner paper being a problem.  I had never heard that before, but it makes sense. Unfortunately, we also need to make accommodations for weight, and the thinner paper helps.  We’ll keep trying to find ways to please all our readers!