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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
In this case, I still tend to err on the side of matching the print layout. ...
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I still think that you should reevaluate the various components. There are a large number of poorly designed printed books. Copying bad design is bad design, period.
Most print front matter is good to include in an ebook, but there are three things that I recommend changing or considering omitting are:
- Half title pages - as I said above, always omit except as dividers in omnibus editions
- "Advertising" matter - always omit, or move to the back, lists of other books by the same author or by the same publisher.
- ToC - omit the inline ToC unless this particular book has a real need to force the reader to review the ToC (e.g. an omnibus edition where the reader needs to be made aware of the division of the various components, where the reader isn't expected to read the book front to back, ...).