Which really goes to show that finding a standard acceptable to all won't be easy. Personally, I think those first 6 set of standards are acceptable. Heck, I'd be happy if the publishers actually used a spell check program before they sell me a book!
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I have to disagree somewhat here.
#1 is OK
#2 is a bit off. Extra lines between paragraphs is very poor formatting.
#3 is way off. double hyphens is poor formatting. They should be em dashes.
#4 is OK
#5 is way off. Punctuation should be correct and not just unnoticeably wrong.
#6 is OK
Overall, those definitions of well-formatted means a book I'd have to reformat to be well-formatted.
I just took a look at the link posted for ePub Zen Garden and I find that the sample is AWFUL. Just go to chapter 4 for a good look at poor formatting. Using the noir styling, I see the C in Chapter is way too big to not be a distraction. The indents are too big and the line spaces between paragraphs is distracting. The text gets lost in the poor formatting.
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