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Originally Posted by DNSB
Which ereader? I've seen the same ebook look rather different on different ereaders. Not to mention the various tablets with different reading software (compare iBooks/PlayBooks to the Kobo, Kindle or whatever reading app you favour on iOS/Android) and be prepared to enjoy the various different renderings of the same ebook (possibly a bit unfair to include the Kindle app since epub is not a native format).
I will admit holding the opinion that many ebooks are created by high school students doing work experience -- preferably high school students who have managed to avoid any knowledge of typography or book and ebook design. After all, it's obvious that if a paragraph can indented or have a full lines worth of blank space separating it from another paragraph, it's an even better idea to use both. It is a good idea to add blank lines at the end of a chapter to make it look like a dead tree book totally disregarding the point that on any device without the same window size as the ebook was created on, you're very like to see blank pages (without even the "This page intentionally left blank" declaration). That ebooks should use absolute sizing for images so on a high-res device we get the thumbnail sized images that we all love seeing. When embedding fonts, you should choose the fugliest fonts you can find.
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Totally agree.. (maybe they can make e-readers with a small capsule of old book smell..) and they fill them with high res multi million color pictures.. for sure there are tablets who can display them,but the majority of the e-readers can't.. ( I know only very expensive readers who have color.., like the ECTACO jetBook Color 2 ) Kobo declared that they don't brink a color e-reader on the market.