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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I don't really care about their rational, I only care that the book was not usable by me. Certainly there is nothing I can to to "fix" the issue. The fact that they block downloading the book to a computer is a pretty big clue it's more about restrictions than it is about anything else. I could download it onto my kindle which was an even worse experience trying to read it than the kindle app on my iPad. One of the major values of eBooks is the ability to increase font size. The odd thing is it wasn't an expensive book, only $20.
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It has nothing to do with "restrictions." Or Amazon's rationale. I make eBooks commercially and that's a choice that
the publisher made, not Amazon. You are not restricted from downloading it "to a computer." You can put it on Kindle for PC, Kindle for Mac, a Fire device, K4Droid, K4iPad, K4iOS and one other device.
Yes, the font is too small, most likely, because it looks, works and acts like an ePDF. You simply tap or click the page to
ZOOM the page and read it just as you would an ePDF. Tap-zoom, pan-scan read; pan-scan read; pan-scan read; page-flip, lather-rinse-repeat.
Amazon has zero to do with the choice here; the publisher makes that decision when they build the eBook. If the publisher feels that the complexity of the layout (lots of multi-column tabular data, multi-column text, tables, etc.) will be lost in a reflowable format, they'll choose to make Fixed-layout and 99.99%, that's what you have.
You can return the book if you are unhappy and given HOW unhappy you are, I'd recommend that as a viable option.
Hitch