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reading fic for the first time as a printed book
So far, all of the fics I've printed and bound for myself have been works I've already read and enjoyed. Because A) it's a lot of work for something I don't know if I'll enjoy, and B) knowing the story helps with the book design, from color scheme to font choices.
This past winter I participated in a bound fic exchange with renegadepublishing, where participants could put forth the names of up to five fics for our exchange partner to bind. I decided to choose fics that had been on my to-read list for a long time, that I knew I wanted to read but hadn't. Since it wasn't me doing the work or making the design choices, A and B from above didn't apply. Reading fic for the first time in print would be a novelty experience, and while I didn't expect it to alter my enjoyment of the fic at all, I thought it would be fun.
My exchange partner went above and beyond and gave me not just one but two typeset and handbound books: "With Absolute Splendor" by Lise, and "won't take the easy road" by twigofwillow. I received them a few weeks ago and finally sat down and read the first of them today. (One thing about reading fic in print: all the things that make it harder to read "real books" still apply.) I really enjoyed it! Good fic (postcanon Jiang Cheng pov, reconciliation), and it was--well, I don't want to get all pretentious and say the experience of reading a physical book is profoundly different from reading online. It was mostly just reading a fic, you know? But as predicted, it was indeed fun.
This past winter I participated in a bound fic exchange with renegadepublishing, where participants could put forth the names of up to five fics for our exchange partner to bind. I decided to choose fics that had been on my to-read list for a long time, that I knew I wanted to read but hadn't. Since it wasn't me doing the work or making the design choices, A and B from above didn't apply. Reading fic for the first time in print would be a novelty experience, and while I didn't expect it to alter my enjoyment of the fic at all, I thought it would be fun.
My exchange partner went above and beyond and gave me not just one but two typeset and handbound books: "With Absolute Splendor" by Lise, and "won't take the easy road" by twigofwillow. I received them a few weeks ago and finally sat down and read the first of them today. (One thing about reading fic in print: all the things that make it harder to read "real books" still apply.) I really enjoyed it! Good fic (postcanon Jiang Cheng pov, reconciliation), and it was--well, I don't want to get all pretentious and say the experience of reading a physical book is profoundly different from reading online. It was mostly just reading a fic, you know? But as predicted, it was indeed fun.