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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
But you're only qualified to make that determination for yourself. You declaring it "sub par" does not actually make it so. Nor does it mean others who don't agree with you value cheapness more than quality. It only means your definition of quality is different than others, not better. Favoring the quality of the content over the presentation of the content is not a flaw. In fact I believe it might often be an advantage. "Can't see the forest for the trees" comes to mind. Regardless ... typography sensitivity is obviously a hit or miss phenomenon among readers--avid or otherwise.
EDIT: I'm not talking about hideous incompetence when creating an ebook, by the way. I'm talking about people letting things like font-choices, or indent-sizes, hyphenation/justification choices trip them up. I simply can't relate. Clearly delineated paragraphs and a minimum of syntactical and/or spelling errors are all I require to give great ideas and memorable stories/characters safe passage to my brain.
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I think we actually agree. The things I require in an ebook are:
- A good TOC
- No spelling errors or strung-together words (missing spaces)
- Chapter headings (if any)
- Scene markers (white line, ***, a glyph, whatever)
So, the basics of what you would expect in a paperback. E-books are quite good nowadays, but up until 2014 or so, I've encountered my fair share of crap, even when buying a book from one of the big publishers.
Believe it or not, but one of the best publishers of e-books I've encountered is Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast, with their Forgotten Realms e-books. They've been top notch for years and years, at least as good as their paperbacks. When opening one of their files, it actually feels like a digital version of their paper book, instead of just a wall of text.