Bowerbird's lengthy essay is just one more example of how publishers, editors, etc., put their own needs ahead of those of the readers. While there might be some value in keeping references to arcane modes of pagination and margination for those who actually have those other reasons for opening books other than to simply read their contents, a certain respect for the reader, ostensably for whom all is being done by the publishers and editors, should clearly indicate that no longer is there any need for a slavish mentality to conserve the paper pages by introducing end of line hyphenation, or to create some appearances that there were actually the same number of characters on every line, when it is obvious to anyone who cares to look that there are not. And, as Mr. Bowerbird points out, end of line hyphenation can be some serious pain in the neck, depending on what programs you use to read, search, edit, etc. So, while I obviously agree that there are to camps in his model of a world of eBooks, I disagree as to which is primary. The reader is primary. Any effort to preserve items of interest only to publishers, editors, etc., should be the efforts that are invisible to the naked eye, with the option to bring them into view when desired, rather than defaults being of the nature that it is the millions of readers who have to do the process to eliminate them, rather than just a few who will prefer to have them visible. Thanks!!! Give the world eBooks in 2006!!! Michael S. Hart Founder Project Gutenberg Blog at http://hart.pglaf.org