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JSWolf · 08-03-2017, 10:55 PM

This is one hell of a crappy eBook (not the story, the formatting and how it's created). I downloaded the ePub and found it to be really bad. The ePub is made up of one HTML file that's 1.6mb and because of this, it won't work on a number of Readers.. There is no CSS. In the spoiler is a sample of the typical coding in the HTML. I don't know if I've ever seen any eBook as badly coded as this one.

Spoiler:

He gives Sylvia a handicap of only two. She is a delicate woman, fine-boned and shy. Genetic surgery is her specialty. Sylvia plays the game well, although slowly. She makes her move. At the sound of it Roy opens his eyes. He studies the board the merest fraction of a second, points, and says, “Atari,” the conventional way of calling to his opponent’s attention the fact that her move will enable him to capture several of her stones. Sylvia laughs lightly and retracts her move. After a moment she moves again. Roy nods and picks up a white stone, which he holds for nearly a minute, hefting it between the two playing fingers as though testing its weight, before he places it. Which is not at all typical of him: ordinarily he makes his moves with intimidating speed. Perhaps he is tired this morning. Or perhaps he is simply being kind.

08-03-2017, 10:55 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,964 Karma: 147448039 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	This is one hell of a crappy eBook (not the story, the formatting and how it's created). I downloaded the ePub and found it to be really bad. The ePub is made up of one HTML file that's 1.6mb and because of this, it won't work on a number of Readers.. There is no CSS. In the spoiler is a sample of the typical coding in the HTML. I don't know if I've ever seen any eBook as badly coded as this one. Spoiler: <p class="BasicParagraph" style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:120%; text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">He gives Sylvia a handicap of only two. She is a delicate woman, f</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">i</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">ne-boned and shy. Genetic surgery</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt"> is her specialty. Sylvia plays the game well, although slowly. She makes her move. At the sound of it Roy opens his eyes. He studies the board the merest fraction of a s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">e</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">cond, points, and says, “</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt; font-style:italic">Atari</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">,”</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt"> the conventional way of calling to his opponent</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">’</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">s at</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">tention the fact that her move will enable him to capture several of her stones. Sylvia laughs lightly and retracts her move. After a moment she moves again. Roy nods and picks up a white stone, which he holds for nearly a minute, hefting it between the t</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">w</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">o playing fingers as though testing its weight, before he places it. Which is not at all typ</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">i</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">cal of him: ordinarily he makes his moves with intimidating speed. Pe</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">r</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11.5pt">haps he is tired this morning. Or perhaps he is simply being kind.</span></p> Last edited by JSWolf; 08-05-2017 at 03:59 PM.