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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
That's where our opinions differ, then.
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It seems so.
I just don't see the production of typographically sound eBooks, even multiple versions, as
at all onerous... and hence I am unable to appreciate any argument that somehow suggests that publishers can't be bothered to do it.
They don't today, because eBook reading device owners don't matter. That's clear as day.
When they start to matter to publishers, they will finally be treated like paying customers and publishers will make an attempt to get their products into acceptable shape before starting to accept cash. Particularly since it requires so little effort.
And average mass-market paperback quality is still light-years ahead of any ePub I've seen to date. If that's all publishers can be bothered for eBooks, it will still be a huge step forward... and it will still require fixed layouts... unless there will never be any widely circulated eBooks that aren't basically pulp fiction or classic fiction.
- Ahi