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Originally Posted by Hitch
And that's the thing. To be compatible with the MOST devices, he can't have that navigation option. To have that nav option, he won't be compatible with most; he'll cut himself off from millions. He's convinced that it won't, BECAUSE he downloaded that particular Playboy-esque book to his own Paperwhite. But, as I said, Amazon's made significant changes, in their policies around fixed-layout and they've been switching over FXL ebooks to "no eInks need apply" for the last 2 years that I'm sure of.
Oh, and, of course...there's no such thing as "One Aspect Ratio to Rule Them All." I mean, shoot, even if you decide "I only care about the Fire devices," they'e different and then what are you go do about the Fire 10", where they can read in portrait or in two-page up mode, in landscape...which completely changes the aspect ratio on a single device?
It just isn't print and it's not that simple or easy. Or...it's less straightforward than it looks, that's the right way to say that. Simple is better, for most books.
Hitch
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Lol, I just followed the link to the example--and to the OP, honestly, ask yourself if it's even necessary. I don't know what your book is like, but even for that one, really: how is that nav better than just scrolling through the pics? Not to be crass, but it sorta makes me laugh a little to imagine someone paging through that book, thinking "damn...the nav system in this book is sweet."
Does your book actually benefit from this?