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Originally Posted by Hitch
Sure, I am extremely careful with clients' books. We don't do anything too "out there" unless we have an adventurous client. We did a book with illos, above/below each Part Page announcement (e.g., "part 1," etc.) in a book for a client, like the Chthulu Casebooks, and he loves it. I'm waiting to see what the public reception of it is, assuming the thing sells. But...you can hardly blame ebook creators/designers/formatters for wanting to inject a bit of elegance or TLC or creativity or something into their work for their clients. When done right, it can really make a book stand out, in a world of many millions of poorly-done books and eBooks.
Hitch
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I can't be sure I'm doing everything right, I'm just trying to learn, I'm not a writer, so no plans to sell a darn thing, but I do want to do something for the MR library.
I'm trying to consider things like small screens and even accessibility, as much as I can manage.
But like you, I love it when things are not strictly cookie cutter. And I feel that when it comes to making ebooks from vintage books, preserving some of the look creates that nostalgia that makes people *love* their books. Heaven knows if I'll achieve it with my Dad's books, but I'm giving it a go. So thanks for posting!
I started the first in the series, and it has the BOOK title on the first chapter in addition to chapter number and chapter title. Yep, uses more space. Yep, not strictly necessary. But can't imagine not formatting it exactly this way, because it would make anyone who loved the series smile in recognition. And if someone smiles seeing an ebook, that too can be a definition of 'working,' I think.
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