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Old 04-02-2010, 06:31 PM   #8
Elfwreck
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo View Post
What do you mean well-formatted? The only well-crafted ebooks I've seen have been PDFs, and most of the retailers I've seen on the net don't offer an appropriately-sized PDF version for ebook reading devices.
Have you seen the ePub Zen Garden? (Although I suspect that a number of the styles wouldn't work on some portable devices; they may not support all the coding options.)

Setting aside *good* formatting--for a lot of people, basic text is sufficient, and "well-formatted" means
  • The line breaks are in the right places,
  • Extra line between paragraphs *or* indented paragraphs,
  • Lines don't wrap between double hyphens,
  • No long gaps between words,
  • Punctuation is accurate enough that it's not consciously noticed,
  • New chapters start on a new page.
I read ebooks for two years on a Sony Clie 320x320 pixel screen, and would've been happy to continue; I had screen problems & battery problems.
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