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Originally Posted by phillipgessert
I doubt questionable ebook formatting will go away before the desire to make em look like print editions does. That sort of thinking slots the ebook into second-class citizen status that is difficult to overcome. Dodgy ebooks often get their start in print-first workflows where print-focused decisions were made at every step, undoing them being time-consuming and unpopular. And the idea that the ebook could surpass the print edition, just in ways the print edition couldn't target in the first place, is not given much real priority in those scenarios.
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Yeah, this^. I spent a lot of time, straddling both horses, trying to make each unique and special, without making the eBook version that second-class citizen you're talking about. It ain't easy, brother Phillip, as you know all too well!
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