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Originally Posted by tompe
I would say that layout is harder since you have to make sure it works properly (typographically) on different readers using different font size.
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Well, you have less options.
A friend does DTP for a major publisher, and has expressed an interest in getting into ebook production. I told her "You will have limitations based on the device. If the book specification from the designer, for example, says that body copy is '11pt Monotype Bembo on 12', that won't be what the reader will display - it doesn't
have Monotype Bembo as an installed font, and doesn't have that fine a control over line spacing." She understood.
You will need to understand the limitations of the viewing devices, to produce a file most likely to be "one size fits all", and readable on all devices that display that particular format.
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Publishers do not own warehouses from what I remember.
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Nope. Nor printers. They produce content. They contract with others to manufacture, warehouse, and distribute it.
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Also it would not suprise me at all if the DRM/server cost is higher for an ebook than the physical handling cost for a physical book.
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I would be. What about DRM will make the server costs that much greater?
DRM produces a locked file. You unlock the file on your end with a key. From the server's view, it's just a file. Is a password protected Zip archive you download any more costly than an unprotected one for the server?
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Dennis