MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > News
Reload this Page Why E-Books Look So Ugly

Notices

Reply
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 09-01-2009, 04:45 PM   #16
DixieGal
Hi There!
DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DixieGal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
DixieGal's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,473
Karma: 2930523
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Device: iPad
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ervserver View Post
I'm not picky, if I can read it I'm happy. I don't care much about how good the formatting is

DixieGal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2009, 04:47 PM   #17
Abecedary
Exwyzeeologist
Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.Abecedary could sell banana peel slippers to a Deveel.
 
Abecedary's Avatar
 
Posts: 535
Karma: 3261
Join Date: Jun 2009
Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:
Dito? Is that Italian?
Abecedary is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-01-2009, 04:52 PM   #18
ahi
Wizard
ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,790
Karma: 507333
Join Date: May 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
Which was my humble observation.

If the thread title is a question:

Why e-Books Look So Ugly?

The answer is:

1) because publishers aren't bothering to take the time to do it right (whether we are talking about content correctness in as simple a term as properly proofreading OCR'd text, utilizing the full current potential of existing formats, or other taboo considerations that I won't mention in order to not aggravate any potential existing heart-conditions).

and

2) people don't mind this enough to vote with their wallets.

Simple question, straightforward and obvious (and I dare to hope perhaps even uncontroversial) answer.

- Ahi
ahi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2009, 04:54 PM   #19
ahi
Wizard
ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,790
Karma: 507333
Join Date: May 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kostas View Post
Same plot, same actors... somehow déjà vu
You could always request that the people you object to (in this thread or others) be banned from the board.

- Ahi
ahi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2009, 06:10 PM   #20
Kostas
Still wondering why
Kostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-books
 
Kostas's Avatar
 
Posts: 253
Karma: 800
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Athens, Greece
Device: PRS 505, (BlackBerry Bold ?)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahi View Post
You could always request that the people you object to (in this thread or others) be banned from the board.
- Ahi
No way! I am too much too liberal!
And I really enjoy reading you, though I usually do not agree.
Besides, you're forgiven in advance for the next 3 months thanks to your excellent Casanova memoirs.
You'll have to find something else after that.
Kostas is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-01-2009, 07:56 PM   #21
fugazied
Wizard
fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.fugazied once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
fugazied's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,305
Karma: 1958
Join Date: Jan 2009
Device: iPod Touch
Well old school hardcover books weren't too fancy. A simple one color cover with the title and author name embossed. It's only since the advent of book jackets and paperbacks (all aimed to get customers consuming the new 'exciting' book) that we have expected more presentation.

Personally as long as the text renders properly I am happy. The writing is where the entertainment is.
fugazied is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2009, 09:51 PM   #22
ahi
Wizard
ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,790
Karma: 507333
Join Date: May 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kostas View Post
No way! I am too much too liberal!
And I really enjoy reading you, though I usually do not agree.
Besides, you're forgiven in advance for the next 3 months thanks to your excellent Casanova memoirs.
You'll have to find something else after that.
Heh.

No doubt you mean Jellby's fine work based on a bit of starting advantage provided by me? Or have you crossed over to the dark side as well?

I suspect after 3 months, I'll have some more stuff to continue earning me penance in the eyes of the few... but we'll just have to wait and see.

Cheers!

- Ahi
ahi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 04:07 AM   #23
danielRay
Junior Member
danielRay began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 2
Karma: 10
Join Date: Aug 2009
Device: none
Very interesting thread n debate i enjoyed reading it
danielRay is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 04:46 AM   #24
Lo Zeno
Addict
Lo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura aboutLo Zeno has a spectacular aura about
 
Posts: 202
Karma: 4379
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Italy
Device: Hanlin V3 (with lBook firmware & OpenInkPot)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abecedary View Post
Dito? Is that Italian?
If it were italian, it would mean "finger"

Methinks that's a mistyped ditto, which, by the way, is itself a mistyped detto, which is actually Italian ("said" or "spoken"). Used that way means "that which was stated before", more recently "same as above" or, in words more common in internet forums, "bump" and "quote! quote! quote!"
Lo Zeno is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 04:52 AM   #25
Sweetpea
Grand Sorcerer
Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Sweetpea ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Sweetpea's Avatar
 
Posts: 9,707
Karma: 32763414
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Krewerd
Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Quote:
Originally Posted by fugazied View Post
Well old school hardcover books weren't too fancy. A simple one color cover with the title and author name embossed. It's only since the advent of book jackets and paperbacks (all aimed to get customers consuming the new 'exciting' book) that we have expected more presentation.
And I think that those old school hardcovers are the best. I like simple looking covers better than those full-colour ones.

Compare:
Sweetpea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 03:03 PM   #26
Kostas
Still wondering why
Kostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-books
 
Kostas's Avatar
 
Posts: 253
Karma: 800
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Athens, Greece
Device: PRS 505, (BlackBerry Bold ?)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahi View Post
Heh.
No doubt you mean Jellby's fine work based on a bit of starting advantage provided by me? Or have you crossed over to the dark side as well?
No, I mean this evil pdf version.
Jellby's version is excellent too, but I am ashamed to confess that I did really like the typesetting you did.
+ I love headers and I don't like ePub's weird page numbering.

Cheers!
PS: Jellby's ePub is uploaded in e-books section. Why isn't yours?
Kostas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 03:31 PM   #27
ahi
Wizard
ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ahi ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,790
Karma: 507333
Join Date: May 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kostas View Post
No, I mean this evil pdf version.
Jellby's version is excellent too, but I am ashamed to confess that I did really like the typesetting you did.
+ I love headers and I don't like ePub's weird page numbering.

Cheers!
PS: Jellby's ePub is uploaded in e-books section. Why isn't yours?


I need to do a bit more clean-up on it... but once it is done, I will add it formally.

- Ahi
ahi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2009, 04:14 PM   #28
Kostas
Still wondering why
Kostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-booksKostas has learned how to read e-books
 
Kostas's Avatar
 
Posts: 253
Karma: 800
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Athens, Greece
Device: PRS 505, (BlackBerry Bold ?)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahi View Post


I need to do a bit more clean-up on it... but once it is done, I will add it formally.

- Ahi
Aaargh! The perfectionist's Angst!
Kostas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2009, 01:38 PM   #29
astra
The Introvert
astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.astra ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
astra's Avatar
 
Posts: 8,307
Karma: 1000077497
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500
Publishers are just too lasy to create ebook manually. They use free calibre and automate the process, instead of approaching every ebook individually.
astra is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-03-2009, 02:08 PM   #30
Hellmark
Wizard
Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Hellmark ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Hellmark's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,549
Karma: 3799999
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA
Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3
I doubt they use calibre. All the ones I've seen, appear to be made using other automated programs.
Hellmark is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Amazon Kindle - really ugly name JSWolf Amazon Kindle 33 07-29-2011 12:33 PM
FW 2.0 The good, the bad, and the Ugly?! hidari Bookeen 36 12-25-2009 01:09 PM
WIRED: Why E-Books Look So Ugly Kris777 News 46 09-05-2009 05:42 AM
Ugly formatting Tanzaku Workshop 62 12-25-2007 02:35 AM
Kindle is Ugly halljames Amazon Kindle 48 11-29-2007 01:45 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:43 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.