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Old 04-01-2014, 02:36 AM   #449
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
I also have a hard time understanding why a publisher, Barnes and Noble for example, would intend a book to have/display spaces between each and every line several times the height of the characters.

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But I have seen many more that display just fine on other readers, programs, apps. In fact they closely mimic a paper book. Why have there not been big protests from publishers when these books are displayed with normal spacing, consistent margins etc. if they were intended to be displayed with the big gaps and other peculiarities?
Part of it may be that you appear to have confused publishers with stores; B&N doesn't care what the books you buy from them look like, as they have no control over that. As for publishers' apathy, most of the complaints go to the stores, which have no reason to pass them along. Besides, by that time they already have your money; why would they worry about changing the book? What are you going to do, not buy a second copy?

Basically, I'm saying that ebooks don't work better due to widespread apathy, lack of investment in ebooks as a proper platform, and misdirected complaints. Get the complaints to the right places, and maybe things will change.
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