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Originally Posted by JSWolf
In this case, it's not a matter of turning off the line spaces. They are part of the format of the book. So when you read on your computer screen, you get a paragraphs as a block (no indent) and then a blank line and then another block paragraph and so on. The reader doesn't have any control over this. They do it because they believe that it's easier to read that way on a small palm type screen.
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I happen to like that format myself even on big books. I write manuals for a living and this is the format I always use. It is not just a small screen thing. But this is a display issue not a database issue. The book is tagged with paragraph markers and the reader program can choose to display them anyway they wish. eReader is pretty simple and limited in the book formatting unlike xhtml or epub stuff. I becomes a matter of who is in control of the book formatting, the authour, publisher, or user.
Simple to use ereader programs often remove this kind of control from the user in the idea of simple to use. The whole easy to use paradigm is often flawed by thinking that removing control and options is a good thing.
Since Bookeen is writing the program and using one program to support many formats there is no reason that they would adopt the eReader paradigm. The whole reason for using one eReader program as Bookeen has chosen to do would be to provide a consistent look and feel for all books, no matter what the underlying format. (There is, of course, some limitations based on what is supported in the book database but I think you understand what I am trying to say.)
Dale