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Originally Posted by DNSB
Most e-readers will handle them just fine. The problem for me is that the formatting on the average Gutenberg ebook ranges from atrocious down. One of the reasons that I started using Sigil way back when. You might want to compare the same title in the MobileRead library compared to the Gutenberg version to see what a little bit of tender loving care can accomplish.
Never mind justification though I personally prefer ragged right aka left justified, I've had Gutenberg books that fip-flopped between full justication, left justified and centered.
BTW, is a real need to have your ebooks justified or a strong preference them justified? I have trouble visualizing an issue that would make it impossible to read an ebook that wasn't full justified.
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I wasn't aware there is a library here, I'll check it out!
Most of what I read is in the public domain, often available as fb2 or epub files (I read a lot of Russian classics, and for some reason fb2 is a very popular format over there); I download them, import into Calibre and convert to kindle format applying justification.
I have a strong preference. I find left justified really distracting; it doesn't agree with me and detracts from the reading experience. It doesn't make reading impossible, but slows it down and makes it somewhat unenjoyable. The kindle itself has some half-baked settings for justification in the actual reader, but they've never worked for me.
I have no idea how Gutenberg books look by default nowadays. I used to download them directly with my Kindle 2; and back then it was a mess - you never knew what you were getting. I hope the situation has improved! Anyway, it's easily fixed, so it shouldn't matter.