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Originally Posted by Notjohn
I don't believe video content is accepted by Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform, so I've never ventured there.
I long ago concluded that in ebooks, simplicity is everything. I extend that philosophy to drop-caps, typefaces, media calls, and indeed every complexity that I can possibly avoid.
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Agree totally. I do use added typefaces, but check that fallback on primitive or older ereaders or people not selecting "Publisher Fonts" does work. I'd add
SMALL CAPS to the list to avoid, though they work on some of my ereaders. Experts here know that SMALL CAPS actually need a separate face, they are poor if done by simply using a smaller font size. See also Oblique vs true Italic. Also for 100% compatibility to Kindle (epub uploaded to KDP), apps and all eink, I only use epub2. An App is better than epub3 if you really need the extra features.
It can be valid to have video, or video + audio in a book like document. But then it's not actually an ebook. I prefer do do such as an App. It will then only work on phones and tablets, but most eink ereaders in use don't support video and many don't have any audio, or need additional HW and FW for audio (Kindle PW3).