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Originally Posted by Hitch
Okay, I'll bite. What older Kindles rotated like that, for a two-pane/panel/column view???? I realize I'm getting senile, but I honestly don't recall that before...hmmmm, what the first Fire?
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The Kindle DX and DXG autorotates but only for a PDF or reflowable regular mobi. The KK3 only has manual rotate though has azw3/KF8 and "Publisher" mode/font too.
BUT I've only ever seen a real two page spread in a PDF from a scanned book. Each pair of book pages is thus one image.
There is no two "logical" or virtual panes/ pages. Just one page per screen unless an illusion by PDF or a table (which breaks in reflowable ebooks, i.e. real ebooks).
IMO if it doesn't reflow to fit the screen of any shape, size, portrait or landscape it's not a real ebook, but a displayable document. If it's other than static images and text, like multimedia, then it's a multimedia or interactive application, not a real ebook, even if it conforms to a format/spec that can be used for real ebooks. Also if a PDF isn't the same when printed on paper, or is interactive (even just a form) it's a misuse of the format and also insecure.
More than ten years ago I thought an interactive ebook would be a good idea, but it was a lazy idea. A proper multimedia program or app, even using a framework is better. For portability, security and ease of use an ebook should only have content that works on paper, but a subset of formatting to suit any shape and size of screen from 2" square upwards. Only Interaction TOC and internal links to replace footnotes if absolutely needed. Even on paper footnotes distract on fiction and endnotes may be needed for citation, but unless researching they are ghastly on paper. I recently got Christopher Tolkien's edited collection of "Unfinished Tales" which is really a reference work rather than a collection of short stories. Section endnotes and I think footnotes would have been better for reading, but it makes sense if it's just a reference work.