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Originally Posted by leftright
Surely the integrity of the authors style and intent should be retained irrespective of the medium used to read.
Like music, does one preserve the integrity of the artists intent or does one remix the content when "duplicating" the music?.
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Most (it would almost be safe to say all here) authors write words, not formatting.
The design of a book is usually done by the publisher, without much input from the author.
There are some exceptions to this, such as Peter F Hamilton, who uses fonts and bold for alien language.
And frankly, if the author really is concerned about the integrity of the work, he/she can give it away, therefore not soiling the integrity of the work with the gummy soot of commerce.
And, in many cases, the publisher is the one not honouring the integrity of the work. Many ebooks I have have scan errors, misspellings, and other bad things.