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Originally Posted by gbm
Be sure to let people know it is a FIXED layout ebook. There is no way I will ever read it, fixed layout is a bad word to me.
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Oh, c'mon. There are excellent uses for Fixed-Layout. Not everything is fiction, and not everything should/can/will reflow. Instructional books, for example, are oftentimes far, far better in FXL than in reflowable, particularly things like learn-to-cook books. Don't tar everything with the same brush.
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I would code the css like this:
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height: auto;
max-height: 100%;
width: auto;
max-width: 100%;
Good luck
bernie
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Don't do that. That won't work for FXL, at all. And would a reflowable book, made up of one image after another, as "pages," somehow be better than a properly-crafted FXL book?
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Originally Posted by thewitt
ePUB documents are dynamic, and though embedding your fixed formatting in SVG images in a ePUB is possible, it would make much more sense to simply use a PDF.
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Can't sell that online at the retailers that carry eBooks. That's a no-go at Amazon, B&N, iBooks, KoboBooks, etc.
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Originally Posted by marenkus
One more question about that PDF. How does the PDF work on different mobile devices? How can I be sure that it will always look the same on ipdad, kindle, etc.? Can i publish PDF´s normally through iTunes or Amazon?
Thanl you for all the help!
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Nope.
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Originally Posted by Toxaris
Even if you resort to fixed layout, keep in mind that the readers that do support fixed layout all have their own variant.
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Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, ladies and gents, we have a
WINNER! Each of the major retailers have their OWN specifications for FXL. If you plan to do an FXL book, you'll need to follow those specifications. I can warn you in advance that going directly from Powerpoint-->almost anything is a huge pain. You might indeed do better to screenshoot them all, but without knowing something more about the content, I can't assist.
Got a page/slide we can see? Or a dummy, that looks LIKE your slides, in large part?
Hitch