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Originally Posted by tompe
What is the intended formatting? Hardcover, trade and mass market paperback can have different formatting. Why should one of them be the intended formatting?
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Usually, the more expensive the product, the more time was spent on typography and design.
I really hope, that a universal ebook standard emerges, which would allow for the same design and typography, as on a printed page. Kind of like what pdfs do for electronic documents.
I suppose ebooks will follow the web model, where initially plain, rather ugly text was the norm, while now much richer and sophisticated options are becoming available.
P.S. On the password issue, I'd personally prefer that they send me the password. And in my experience, most e-tailers do. You have to balance convenience and security, and I'd rather not have to reset a password every time I forget the old one. (for something like a bank account, I can see the point, of course
