Figured out why a lot of ePub isn't well formatted
I've figured out the main reason that a lot of ePub is poorly formatted. This is because the publishers give the job of converting books to eBooks to people who do not know what they are doing.
Just read some of the posts in this forum and you'll see people get the job of converting and they don't know what they are doing.
I would expect that these people would learn about making eBooks before talking the job and doing it wrong. But no, they jump in and get botching things up from the get go. It's like trying to run in a dessert with flippers on. Yes, it can be done, but not well enough.
Please don't take on the job of making eBooks if you don't know how to do it. This isn't something that should be learned on the job. This is something you should know. You should know what makes a good looking eBook and then do it. Tell your boss you can't do it so maybe someone who can will do it. But if you have to do it and you don't know how to do it, first, figure out proper formatting so you can strive to make the eBook look that way. Then you can proceed to learn on the job as long as you know what the output should look like. Don't just do it and make it look half-assed like a lot do because of incompetent employees doing the job.
Last edited by JSWolf; 07-12-2012 at 01:22 PM.
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