I was recently reading The Digital Reader's article,
The Failure of Print and E-Book Bundling, and thought it was relevant.
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Originally Posted by SigilBear
So I was wondering how people who release multiple versions of various titles promote and advertise them.
I assume you don't need to specify "Amazon Kindle" or "Apple iBook," because people just assume that anything sold by Amazon will work on a Kindle. Ditto for iBook.
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I think Apple specifically has rules against using the term "iBook", and heavily crack down on any books trying to use it.
The few EPUB2 books I have seen that were later rereleased as EPUB3 books with some video were called "Enhanced eBooks". Not too sure on how well they sold compared to the original (probably not well, as I haven't seen them produce any more).
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Originally Posted by jhowell
If your book can be expressed at all reasonably in reflowable layout then that should be your choice for the best customer experience over a wide range of device types. It adapts to various screen sizes and allows the customer to select the font and font size most readable to them.
Only consider fixed layout for certain specific book types that can't be done well reflowable. Amazon limits fixed layout to children's books, comics/manga, and text books. The Kindle reading software has enhancements to support these book types, such as pop-up panels for comics. All other books should be reflowable on that platform.
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I agree with the rest of your post as well.