Thread: Can't eBooks be beautiful if they're not designed?
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Old 05-26-2016, 12:50 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Physical or electronic: I don't believe in beautiful books (with regard to their construction and/or layout). I only believe in books that are constructed competently (or not). The beauty is in the knowledge, the messages, the stories, and the prose they contain.

That's no disrespect to conscientious ebook makers either. Bad formatting sticks out like a sore thumb, great formatting disappears.
That is undebatably a gross ooverstatement.

I have more than half of these in my bedroom bookcase.
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