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Originally Posted by Hitch
Alex, dear boy (male, right? You're not Alexandra, are you?),
Don't we have this discussion every few months? You take on some daft project for someone who won't "give in" on the formatting, even though it literally CANNOT be done the way that they want?
I love Rube, but that formatting is going to go straight to hell the moment someone with Coolreader opens it. And it won't survive the Kindle process, either, for KF7, I don't think. Or KF8, given the line-height requirement.
I am fairly sure I've said this here before: we tend to decline poetry if we feel that the client isn't familiar with eReaders, and doesn't understand the limitations (compared to print) or the superior capabilities (ditto). Trying to create that poetry, without doing FXL...why, oh, why, are you torturing yourself this way?
I hope you are at LEAST charging the earth. This is utterly daft if you're doing it on the cheap. I admire your determination--I truly do--but...what will you do when they come back complaining because it's pooched on an Android Tablet? Or on a Kobo? Not even yet DISCUSSING Amazon?
Hitch
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Thanks, Hitch
Yes, I'm male - Alexander Frank John.
And yes, we have had this discussion before. I guess I'm too softhearted for my own good. But I have told the publisher and editor that two of the poems can't be made to work, and suggested that they withdraw those two or consider seeing if a professional could do them. I don't suppose you'd be interested?