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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Personally, I don't think it's reasonable to expect users to hack their e-readers or edit ebooks to get formatting that suits them.
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I didn't say it was, but for those who care enough several options are possible on a Kobo because it's not locked down tight. Options 1 & 3 aren't hacks.
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Smaller app developers can do the following. Why not Amazon, B&N and Kobo?
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Well maybe they could but in my experience blanket style overrides can have unintended consequences. For example:
- Choose left-align: All my centred headings, images and scenebreak ornamentation have also been left-aligned - I didn't want that.
- Switch on hyphenation: My long headings which word-wrap have been hyphenated. It looks awful.
- Set paragraph indentation: But I didn't want an indent on the first paragraph after a heading or a scenebreak.
Some people don't care about any of the above and some people care a lot ... and never the twain shall meet.
On top of all that there appears to be no consistency in how publishers choose to style their books. It's possible a book styled to suit a Kindle's needs is unlikely to ever work well with a Kobo's font adjustment sliders without some kind of intervention ... and vice versa but I'll bet a lot more books are tested on a Kindle before they go on sale.