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Originally Posted by Quoth
That's why I suggested buying a similar comic. Then he'll have to upload make his available, buy it and check. It's very unsatisfactory as is having to use ONLY the Kindle create to format.
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Ah, sorry, du-uh. My bad, my eyes simply elided that for some reason. Or my brain. Either or both is possible. I've had some kind of weird-ass lung infection for the last few weeks; the antibiotics are
finally kicking its ass, but it's making my brain uncooperative.
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The workflow has got horrible for real proofs of KDP even for real reflowable ebooks and paper. Even a paper proof copy is not the same now as the retail copy.
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Nah, not for print. Yes, the proof is exactly the same, excepting the printed "ribbon" (Proof Copy Not for Resale) around the upper 1/3rd of the cover and the faux barcode, which is slightly larger than the real one. Other than that, Quoth, it's
exactly the same. Did you mean only those two things, or...?
And for the ebooks--well, if someone uses KC, for a novel or non-fiction, that's
really on them, isn't it? (I want to be clear, I don't mean the poor folks doing comics, or kids' books, or FXL of any kind). If you use KC for anything other than what it MUST be used for, well...then the inability to proof on a real device, that's the consequence. Use KP3 to proof it and hope for the best. You're
forced, effectively, to use KC.
I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, I don't. To be fair and to restate it, comic-book producer realistically can't make a Comic/Panel version; a fixed-layout producer can't create a fixed-layout eBook (I mean...gods, you CAN but Sweet Moses on a Pony, who wants to pay for that, from a real eBook producer, for cryin' out loud?), or a kids' book with say, panel view (and no zoom) or with Zoom (and no panel view)?
KC is good for DIYers, I guess but it sucketh for professionals or those who want their stuff DONE RIGHT.
Hitch