Thread: Why publishers format ebooks differently than paper books?
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:27 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by Dngrsone View Post
So, should we expect our e-books to look like their print versions?

Given the flexibility of the medium, perhaps we should make the electronic versions as simple as possible, format-wise; allowing the reader to set their preferred style, etc except where a specific style is necessary and such.
I was on an ebook panel last year where that very question came up. Another panelist took your first paragraph's position, but I took (and still take) the second. The big strength of reading electronically is the ability to adjust reading settings - magnify or shrink text, adjust margins, and so forth - and I believe the publisher should tread as lightly as possible in that respect.
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