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Originally Posted by JSWolf
There's no difference in look using <em> or <i>. How would you know which the paper edition used?
Same difference with <strong> and <b>.
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That's my point. Unless the context is obvious or you talk to the author, or are the author, you can't tell.
Actually on one book I was editing the author had used a massive amount of bold everywhere (I removed it all except in headings / chapter titles) and a lot of italics in dialogue, thoughts and narration. I removed all of the italics except where the dragon was "talking" with the man. I left the dragon's mind-speech as italic and removed the quotes. I also emailed back a style guide and the author accepted all of that.
But sometimes there is value in <em> or <strong>, so I'd not argue that it's pointless.
I think non-fiction is more likely to need <em> than fiction.