Thread: ePub format looks right on Calibre/Play Books but not in other ebook reader
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Old 10-25-2019, 12:21 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
Caveat: I didn't download the ePUBs and look at them.

From what I see in the section posted in your first post, unkauth, there is no reason on God's green earth for those to be fixed-layout and every reason for them NOT to be. Wanting an eBook to "look just like" your print version is not, actually, a "good" reason. That's an uninformed reason.

People will not enjoy--which means, they'll stop reading--those in FXL. You can bet your salary on it. Is that what she wants?

If she actually wants people to READ her books, then she needs reflowable. Period.

Hitch
I agree 100%. There's no way I would be reading a fixed layout eBook. It will either be too small on screen or it won't work. What I want to know is who's stupid idea was to allow ePub3 to support fixed layout when that is the worst idea ever?
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