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Originally Posted by Oxford-eBooks
lol, yes I know. All but a handful of the titles we publish ourselves in print and eBook (must be about 80-90 in our catalogue at the moment) are just WORDS, maybe a slightly fancy chapter header to pretty things up. But of the HUNDREDS that we get through for our author and publisher clients each year, about 10% need images, some with captions, some are fairly technical books with diagrams and tables, so we have to address that as best we can to put food on the table and keep the lights on.
Personally, I'm all in favour of trying to make the best work possible and that's the reason why a number of our clients use us rather than (and I'm saying this as a gross generalisation so don't read too much into it) "cheap overseas eBook sweatshops".
Their print book designers have put a lot of effort into the design of the original book and we try to reflect that as best we can in the digital edition using the tools available to us. Yes, we can't make an eBook look identical, and often we need to reimagine the design to suit the media - as one ALWAYS should. And sometimes, we make beautiful things.
We ARE the bookmakers and we are the artists and dreamers that make books to delight young and old. Yes, only we as bookmakers notice the little touches that we put into our work, but what if we stopped TRYING but wash our hands and say "oh well, that's the way it is". This is our ART, this is the lifeblood of those that choose to make a living from it.
Anyhoo... I think I'm going to reboot this thread in a bit because I did have a proper technical question to ask before I went off on a moan  |
Oh yes. I can spot a $5 proofread within 3 paragraphs.
I have run across some very good image ebooks. Now I will tell you for image heavy books like "Letters from Alcatraz" I read it on my kindle touch and fire but used Kindle for PC for the images. All the images were photos of the letters.