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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
and will vary from file format to file format. I think a hall of shame needs a more universal approach and deal with issues that transcend format, opinion and maybe even language issues.
Yeah, it's tougher that way, but you don't get bogged down in endless arguments over whether or not a book should or should not be included.
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I think most formatting issues are not opinion. They are in fact poor formatting/proofing. Most ePub I get be it purchased or from the library has rather poor formatting. Sometimes an error can take you out of the book you are reading.
A lot of ePub have large paragraph spaces and some have margins that are too wide. Even small paragraph spaces are considered poor formatting. I do prefer no margins, but if the ePub has small margins, then that's my choice to change it as I don't conciser that to be a formatting blunder.
Another issue I've found a lot of is that the publishers think having a text size of small for the body is a good idea. It's not. It's too small. The default size for the body font is what should be used (i.e., no size specified at all for the body).
It's not hard at all to make a good looking ePub. So why is it that publishers have their heads stuck so far up their collective asses that they don't see this?