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Originally Posted by Hitch
There are a list of competent formatters on the Amazon site, in the HELP section--those that have been approved by Amazon, not only for formatting for self-publishers, but that list is also approved to make books for Amazon, itself, as their customer, so you know that any company there will know what to do.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
If your publisher doesn't know how to do linked pop-up footnotes, find a real publisher. That's nuts.
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Yeah, I'm interested in seeing what sorts of footnotes the original book has.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
Page numbers are meaningless on ebooks. They only work as intended on PDFs because PDFs are a way to proof content for paper.
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This is completely incorrect.
Real Page Numbers (RPNs) in ebooks can still serve a useful purpose (especially for reference, navigation, and Accessibility). Latest in-depth "page numbers in ebooks" discussion was just last month:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...88#post3914488
and you can always look up these topics in your favorite search engine:
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"rpns" site:mobileread.com
"real page numbers" hitch site:mobileread.com
"real page numbers" tex2002ans site:mobileread.com
to pretty much find everything there is to know about them.
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Originally Posted by Notjohn
I did read a couple of ebooks recently that had page numbers manually inserted into the text (one was a PDF review copy, the other a Guttenberg Project reprise of a public domain translation. I wouldn't advise your doing that. It didn't bother me, but I can imagine its bothering some readers.
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Sticking numbers smack dab in the middle of text
will eventually get you Kindle Quality Notices (KQNs):
- your books get a big warning banner
- sales drop through the floor
- and the books can even be pulled from sale until you fix.
See all the discussion and warnings in the infamous
"Real Page Numbers for Reflowable Kindles" thread.