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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
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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Agree. An e-book only has to look good and follow (IMHO) basic rules:
- Clearly set apart the chapter header.
- Justify the text.
- Non-indent first paragraph.
- Indent following paragraphs.
- No whitespace lines between paragraphs.
- Whitespace line or a glyph/image as a scene break.
I think that all of my paper books follow these rules. I've never seen a ficiton book with a ragged right margin, for example, or whitespace between paragraphs.
It's very easy to stick to these rules (you basically need a few rules for the - and h tags), and then the reader can easily override them.