Drastic Difference in Text Layout: KDX vs K for iPad/PC app

poohbear_nc · 06-02-2010, 09:59 AM

I had started reading Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" on my KDX - and it is a mess.

In the pbook version, sections of text are separated into smaller units by italicized "teaser" remarks, which are set off from the text by several blank lines. This converts the long Part 1 and 2 of the book into convenient "chapters".

In the KDX version there is no spacing between the text and the italicized sections - so that the book is one long uninterrupted chapter. The italicized remarks are not bolded and do not show up clearly, and words are run together within them.
[I noticed a similar problem with the original Kindle version of H2G2 - which has italicized chapter separators - words were run together in a mess. The published of H2G2 fixed this and Amazon re-issued it.]

But - I sent "The Diamond Age" to the K for iPad app - and it displays beautifully! The italicized sections are bolded and set off by blank lines from the surrounding text - clearly reproducing the layout in the pbook version. There are no run-together words in the italicized text. It's gorgeous!

What gives here?

wallcraft · 06-02-2010, 08:23 PM

Perhaps the ebook has been updated. I suggest deleting the ebook from your KDX and redownloading it. However, it certainly used to be the case that new versions were not automatically pushed to existing owners.

poohbear_nc · 06-03-2010, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Perhaps the ebook has been updated. I suggest deleting the ebook from your KDX and redownloading it. However, it certainly used to be the case that new versions were not automatically pushed to existing owners.

An intriguing suggestion. I deleted it and re-downloaded it. DX version still sucks. Interesting that the text rendering is so different/better on the K for iPad than on the DX!

susan_cassidy · 06-03-2010, 06:59 PM

I would definitely report it to Customer Service.

06-02-2010, 09:59 AM	#1
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,805 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Drastic Difference in Text Layout: KDX vs K for iPad/PC app I had started reading Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" on my KDX - and it is a mess. In the pbook version, sections of text are separated into smaller units by italicized "teaser" remarks, which are set off from the text by several blank lines. This converts the long Part 1 and 2 of the book into convenient "chapters". In the KDX version there is no spacing between the text and the italicized sections - so that the book is one long uninterrupted chapter. The italicized remarks are not bolded and do not show up clearly, and words are run together within them. [I noticed a similar problem with the original Kindle version of H2G2 - which has italicized chapter separators - words were run together in a mess. The published of H2G2 fixed this and Amazon re-issued it.] But - I sent "The Diamond Age" to the K for iPad app - and it displays beautifully! The italicized sections are bolded and set off by blank lines from the surrounding text - clearly reproducing the layout in the pbook version. There are no run-together words in the italicized text. It's gorgeous! What gives here?

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06-02-2010, 08:23 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Perhaps the ebook has been updated. I suggest deleting the ebook from your KDX and redownloading it. However, it certainly used to be the case that new versions were not automatically pushed to existing owners.

06-03-2010, 06:59 PM	#4
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	I would definitely report it to Customer Service.

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