Thread: The Atlantic: Ebooks Are an Abomination
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Old 09-18-2021, 12:30 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The problem is that most eBooks are shoddily made and that includes the full price ones from major publishers. But some of the worst ones I've seen are self-published on Amazon or from a small publisher.

Why do they use programs such a Vellum or Pages or other awful programs to make eBooks?

And then there is the formatting that's not good even if the code is not too bad.
To be honest, I haven't seen a really badly formatted ebook from a major publisher or an indie publisher in years.

Now I did buy a self-published ebook a couple of weeks ago that is a mess. The text was monotype, looked like typewritten pages, no table of contents.

But on the other hand, it's a reprint of a long out of print book from 1983. One of those ones where Amazon lists the paperback at $269.07. So I'm happy the ebook exists.
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