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Old 01-26-2021, 05:47 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
All the PDF readers on e-ink and general purpose computers that I am familiar with preserve aspect ratio with blank bars at top and bottom or on the sides. Even those with a fit to width option will either crop the top and bottom or have blank bars at top and bottom.
Okay, then, fine. You win, except, again, he cannot sell that at KDP, in PDF format, and he wants maximum distribution. He cannot have it both ways; he cannot have what is effectively print layout (Print Replica) AND maximum download-ability across the universe of Kindle devices. (And others, I might add; self-publishers cannot upload FXL eBooks to B&N, to this day.) It's one or the other, not both.

And again, as far as sliders, etc.--to me, that is really worthless when you have no choice but to pinch-zoom and pan-scan. To me, that's a torturous reading experience. It's fine for, say, 3-5 pages and you can tolerate it for up to 10, but after that, on densely typed content, it's...not agony, but it's beyond tedious, IMHO.

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