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radius · 12-08-2009, 02:48 PM

Hi all,

I was wondering how publishers handle scene breaks at the very top or bottom of pages, and how this could be duplicated for epubs.

The issue is that often scene breaks (e.g. the narractive changes location, viewpoint, time etc) are indicated by blank space between paragraphs. However, if this space appears at the very bottom or very top of a page, the reader might not notice right away that the scene has changed. Yet I've never noticed having this trouble in paper printed books, so I assume there is some kind of well-known typographical method for avoiding the problem.

I'm sure I have seen this brought up before on MobileRead but I haven't been able to find the discussion.

Thanks!

12-08-2009, 02:48 PM	#1
radius Lector minore Posts: 660 Karma: 1738720 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Aura One, Paperwhite Signature	Scene breaks at page top/bottom Hi all, I was wondering how publishers handle scene breaks at the very top or bottom of pages, and how this could be duplicated for epubs. The issue is that often scene breaks (e.g. the narractive changes location, viewpoint, time etc) are indicated by blank space between paragraphs. However, if this space appears at the very bottom or very top of a page, the reader might not notice right away that the scene has changed. Yet I've never noticed having this trouble in paper printed books, so I assume there is some kind of well-known typographical method for avoiding the problem. I'm sure I have seen this brought up before on MobileRead but I haven't been able to find the discussion. Thanks!