08-14-2009, 09:12 AM | #301 | ||
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At the end of the day, given the choice I'd rather read a poorly formatted e-book by Jim Butcher, CJ Cherry or Jules Verne than the most beautifully crafted hardback by Clive Cussler or Dan Brown (in fact, I'd pay a substantial premium!). Given a choice between the usual mediocre-quality physcial book and an ebook, I'm starting to lean more and more towards ebooks providing they have some amount of longevity and future-proofing. So for me, standardising on ePub seems a good idea - I'm far more bothered by lack of book availability than minor visual shortcomings. |
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08-14-2009, 09:14 AM | #302 | |
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Publishers have historically done far more complex work than it takes to create professional PDFs. And it takes actually remarkable little effort to create multiple PDFs for devices of multiple screen-sizes. In a day, professional PDFs could easily be created for as many as a dozen different screen sizes. The solution to poor eyesight is the large-print edition. With PDF eBooks, they are precious little extra effort--so if publishers can manage the task with some print books, there is no reason they couldn't readily integrate the generation of large print editions (potentially automatically included/embedded in the regular edition) into their eBook workflow. As for ePub (i.e.: reflow formats) not being the problem. As I pointed out to JSWolf, unless you are both a computer programmer and a typographer, you really lack the basis for forming sound opinions on the subject. - Ahi |
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08-14-2009, 09:21 AM | #303 | |
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There is no real world reason that necessitates reflow formats, or even has them make sense with all things considered. If PDFs could include multiple PDF files, from which the user could pick which to view, font-size adjustment with perfect typography would be a reality today. And, unlike ePub viewers getting typography and hyphenation right, changing the PDF format and its viewers thusly is a software improvement that is actually possible. Oh... and where you say "usual mediocre-quality physical book" leaves me confused. Are you not aware that 99.9% of physical books are, typographically, far higher quality than reflow formats can possibly achieve? - Ahi |
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08-14-2009, 09:29 AM | #304 | ||
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Mobi, ePub, lxf can be properly formated and rendered. ePub is not used at full extent. Some css info are not understood at all.. Kind of a shame. Quote:
Well, hyphenation looks like a programmer's nightmare, but it can work. (the mobipocket reader does it right) Last edited by EowynCarter; 08-14-2009 at 09:37 AM. |
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08-14-2009, 09:45 AM | #305 | |
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But you making no cohesive points what so ever. In all your previous posts you saying that typesetting is such an art, that no machine can do it . Now you saying machine generated pdfs of different sizes and resolution are just fine. Please leave condescending tone about not being a typographer, you don't have to be a composer to appreciate good music or discern the bad, nor do you have to be a publisher to understand if you like book layout or not. You don't even have to be a programer to see if application is good or bad, that I know as a programer. I always take my customer word for how good my application is. So as far as enjoying reading experience and layout I can tell you I enjoy many many web sites (reflow format) and have no interest in format that doesn't allow me control of layout on my device. So take the word of the customer (and other customers whose opinion you carfully ignore) for it, dynamic format is good for us. I can go on with examples on why reflow is better on Mobile Reading devices, but they are all been listed and ignored, so why. Ok I cannot resist Advantages of Mobile Reading as glimpsed from many posts through a span of few years. 1. Portable size format for carrying anywhere. 2. Ability to change font size. 3. Big storage. 4. Arguably - dictionary and notes) You want to remove top 2, for the typography/kerning which nobody even mentioned before this post? |
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08-14-2009, 09:47 AM | #306 |
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08-14-2009, 09:51 AM | #307 | |
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DRM violates your rights as a customer. Buy it at your own risk, I am going to stay away. ------------------- Some people here were writing about a new non-breakable DRM. SUCH thing does not exist. |
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08-14-2009, 09:54 AM | #308 | ||
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BTW: For me it's just a decent looking font (with good kerning/line spacing) and justification (no need for hyphenation at all). |
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Small screens and long words are not a happy combination when it comes to having no hyphenation. You can end up with only two or three words on a line with huge spaces between them.
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08-14-2009, 09:59 AM | #310 |
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Is there a website where I can search for a book, and it will send out a search through a vast majority of the ebook sellers online, and come back with the websites that sell this ebook?
This would make hunting for a specific ebook much less taxing, and ensure that you don't miss a possible site. |
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Google is good for some searches, but I find it difficult for others. |
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08-14-2009, 11:05 AM | #315 | |
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And stop the condescending tone. Your "I have standards, so therefor I am superior to you" crap is getting really offensive. I have some incredibly beautiful books in my collection - I take them out and admire them periodically. I don't see ebooks replacing beautifully crafted books anymore than computer graphics can replace oil painting. Your demanding that ebooks, which are mostly for convenience, be as big and beautiful as the most finely crafted pbooks, is puzzling. Especially since most commercially sold hardbacks are crap anyway - most fall apart in a few years time. Ask any librarian. You love PDF for it's artistic qualities? Fine. Allow us to enjoy ePub for it's convenience and portability without talking to us as though we're Philistines, or idiots. Most of us have been booklovers all our lives. |
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