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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
The fact that you personally consider poetry to be primarily a spoken art form is quite frankly irrelevant to the article I linked to, which is all about whether a poet's own intended visual layout can be achieved in ebooks.
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I said the publishing as ebooks was free,
not the consumption. I use Calligraphy, drop caps and illumination purely as the extreme example of layout. Any poem without those extremes can certainly be done as an ebook with close to paper layout for about 20 years. However smaller screens can be a problem.
I've an entire shelf of printed poetry. Many famous collections. I don't see anything that can't be done close enough in nearly 20 yo mobi format.
Perhaps you could link the article rather than a screen shot? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
I did say I understand the visual impact is important for some. But the content, rhythm, delivery and meaning is more important than nuances of layout for most people. Who exactly are these poets obsessing over nuances of layout not possible in old mobi or basic epub? Like what percentage of successfully published poets?