[MezzoDelCammin]

they are "Pratchett" footnotes though.

My introduction to Discworld happened when I bought a few second hand paperbacks on Portobello for under a pound in order to have something to read in the bus back from London. Later (well and truly addicted) I wenth through a few more when I was commuting regularly by train. But about a half of the Discworld novels I read as ebooks either on a Kindle, or a Kobo.

It has always been "frustrating" to have to click through the footnote links in Pratchetts ebooks. In a paper book (just like in Your comment) the footnotes really complete the train of thought. Often it's the whole pun of a joke. You know it's there. You damn well know it's worth it. On paper, all it takes is a glance down.

For me, the "Pratchett footnote" is therefore characterized as anything where "click to see a footnote" somehow breaks that payoff spell a bit.

[dcminter]

Susannah Clarke's glorious Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell has some footnotes that exceed the typical page count of some people's short stories. Not as many puns as Pratchett, but suffers the same UI problem on Kindle.

[MezzoDelCammin]

oh, thanks for the reminder. Is that also a recommendation for the Strange & Norrel? I've been meaning to get to more of her stuff ever since I listened to Piranesi last Christmas when driving home through Europe.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> they are "Pratchett" footnotes though.

I wouldn't date to presume to compare my footnotes to Pratchett's. Like, my footnotes don't have footnotes of their own, but his often do.

I wonder how that works on an ebook.