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gmw · 08-09-2020, 10:39 PM

To reinforce what j.p.s. posted, see this post (at the bottom is a comment about SVG) from another recent thread.

I am currently assuming that your target devices must be tablets or desktops, since ereaders don't really see suitable for this purpose (zooming etc. is cumbersome). The look-inside from your example link makes it look like poor photo copies from the original - yes, we have that book here too - and I'd hate to have that fixed layout on an ereader - although epub v3 does support fixed layout if you want it. So I wonder if epub and mobi formats are actually necessary or appropriate. Just guessing, I have no experience with this sort of publication.

08-09-2020, 10:39 PM	#7
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	To reinforce what j.p.s. posted, see this post (at the bottom is a comment about SVG) from another recent thread. I am currently assuming that your target devices must be tablets or desktops, since ereaders don't really see suitable for this purpose (zooming etc. is cumbersome). The look-inside from your example link makes it look like poor photo copies from the original - yes, we have that book here too - and I'd hate to have that fixed layout on an ereader - although epub v3 does support fixed layout if you want it. So I wonder if epub and mobi formats are actually necessary or appropriate. Just guessing, I have no experience with this sort of publication.