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Originally Posted by DHer
are you doing this as a profession or are you just an enthusiast on typesetting and page layout?
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Enthusiast. That's why I'm so vehement about it ... a pro can't afford to be :-)
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I actually never really bothered to think about this stuff. But it really makes a difference.
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That's part of what fascinates me: so much of reading is unconscious, yet minor tweaks can almost be felt to make a difference, even if they can't always be seen by the normal reader.
There's an old story -- possibly not true -- about a library trying to figure out why one edition of a particular title remained on their shelves, while another was lent much more often. The difference was in the typography: one had generous spacing, and 'looked' more inviting and easy to read. The other looked denser, with less spacing, and generally felt 'difficult' to someone who took a look at it.
For eBooks to succeed, I think traditional typography has to be taken into account, and adapted to the new medium. I've been looking for 'good' PDF eBooks, but generally not found any -- in another thread I've recently posted this link:
http://www.anders.thulin.name/ . It's perhaps another example of what eBooks can be with a bit of work ... though most of the titles may be uninviting, the Saki books of short stories are fairly readable.
This copy of Candide is above much of what I've seen so far in PDF eBooks ... I think it may have made my day ... :-)