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Old 08-15-2023, 04:13 PM   #55
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Not if it's a purchased book!
Why not a purchased book? I edit them all the time.

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I'm saying it should be possible to put ebooks together using text figures that can then be overridden by the reader. Yes, that wold mean adding a setting. There aren't very many options on my Kobo, and I don't think it would take a reader who objected to text figures (which are pretty standard in printed books, so I don't honestly know how many readers it would upset) very long to find the setting. I realise it probably won't happen, but I'm just stating my preference.
And I was giving some reasons that it is unlikely to happen. Start with needing a font that supports them which are not all that common. The problem with getting a manufacturer to add this capability is that the vast majority of any ereaders are purchased by people who will never change the default settings other than font size and the cost of changing the font selection to include them in every factory font.

As keeps getting mentioned, the readers on MobileRead are a very small minority of ereader owners.
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