My wife is low vision due to her diabetes and her cancer. She loves to relax with a book, but despite special reading glasses and a daylight lamp she can hardly read normal sized print. She loves cozy murder mysteries and period mysteries, and she also loves the Agatha Raisin books. But getting hold of them in large print is very difficult. Many books were never published in large print, and if they had, they are mostly second hand for an extortionate amount of money. One particular book she was after was supposed to cost over 40£ plus a horrendous amount of postage. Since I cannot see why postage for one book exceeds 50£ unless they deliver in person I strongly feel that that is taking advantage of someone’s disability. I love my wife dearly and I want her to have things she enjoys, but paying 90£ for a book is something I cannot afford and also something I cannot condone.
I am aware that large print is slightly dearer to produce, but surely it doesn’t cost that much more. Seeing that the same title as a paperback comes to under 5£ including postage, the mentioned price is outrageous.
I think there needs to be more availability for large print books. These days with print on demand it can’t be that difficult to offer the option of a large print.
Yes, the book needs a slightly different edit to accommodate the larger print to make it look alright and to get the spacing right, but still.
Should not be that much of a problem. At least this made me realise the need to offer more large print books, and I plan on having my next book available as a large print version. Even if Helen won’t read it, there are a little of people out there who might be glad to be able to enjoy a book without having to strain their eyes.
DS Porton Books 
Thank you for highlighting this problem it may do some good or make some people more aware .
I am aware I could enlarge the text on a kindle , I don’t own one but I have been told I can enlarge the print. To me part of the deep joy I get from reading is being able to hold a book , to turn the page & not forgetting the smell of a book it’s all part of the reading experience I do so enjoy .
Thank you for your comments, I 💯 agree x
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I hope it makes people more aware that despite the availability of kindle readers there is the want and need for large print books. People should have the choice to purchase the media they prefer.
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