Thank you Tanzaku for bringing up this subject.
The book layout looks great on the computer screen. I can't wait to try it out on the reader.
I was ranting and complaining about the quality of the ebooks formated for Reader for a long time. Nobody seems to share my views.
The most jarring to my eye is the way that full justification works in default settings - like a typical lrf book. That is why I convert most of the stuff I read to left justification. I was unable to make such a nice evenly spaced paragraphs. And being unable to make such a nicely spaced paragraphs I prefer jagged right margin to uneven word spacing in a typical Connect book.
InDesign is simply great. Unfortunately I do not have access to a legal licenced version of InDesign anymore, so I use sans serif font sized 12 for my and left justification on my Reader.
Please consider using sans-serif font. Just try it. I know that serif fonts are much more pleasant to readers eye
when they are printed with high enough resolution. With a very low resolution e-ink display (and 170DPI *IS* a very low resolution when you talk about typography) that default
heavily hinted 12 point sans serif font really does look better.
( see
Hinting at Wikipedia)
I also think that your book might look even better if you set some spacing between paragraphs (something like 110% ot the normal space between to lines)
By the way,
- on the very first line of the very first paragraph you have a "hanging" a
- the same is the last line of the first page
- last line of the third page is an "orphan"
- fifth page has an "orphan" as well
I personally do not mind, but you seem to make point of not having hanging single letters at the end of the line, widows, orphans ...