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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
I've experimented with allowing page-breaks only after full stanzas. I found that it only makes sense for very short stanzas, 4 verses at the absolute max (personally, I think 4 is too many already), because it will leave you with a lot of white space at the bottom of the page - which I personally don't like at all when it isn't the end of the poem.
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Good point. If the next stanza is long and a page break is inserted, there should also be a way to indicate that the poem did not end but will continue in the next page. Or, perhaps upon breaking a stanza, it should be indicated so that the reader knows where the stanza begins and ends.
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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
Lots of printed poetry books have page breaks inside stanzas, so why shouldn't ebooks?
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I think this is basically due to the general understanding that ebooks are free from the limitations of the printed formats. That the authors and publishers have a higher degree of freedom when it comes to representing the content. A lot of complicated and clever things can be done using the web technologies. And that's what people understad when we talk about digital content. I think that sets expectations. So, it's only natural for people expect more from the ebooks.
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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
And the best thing to do if you're really trying to figure out how to format poetry - download some poetry books from the MR library and reverse-engineer any formattings you might like.
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I'll do that. If you have any particular examples please share. Maybe others will also benefit...