Tabs or White Space?

[speakingtohe]

Many things have been discussed ad nauseum in the past. Perhaps most things ebook related.

Many rebukes have also been posted in the past along the same lines.

Myself I do not take offense if someone wants to start a new thead on an old topic as I find that topics with more than five pages get a bit unwieldly.

The time a new user would have to spend viewing and correlating all posts relating to many topics would be prohibitive. Many people need to post to feel part of a community and not everyone has something original to say.

Some mobileread subforums actively discourage replying to older threads so a new user could be confused.

Probably I am mistaken, but I believe that General discussions was for generally discussing things whether repetitive or not. And correcting people on their terminology when their meaning is pretty plain seems a tad persnickety.

Helen

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by elemenoP

Both but only half a line space between paragraphs.

eP

+1

It looks "cleaner" and makes it a little easier to read.

[theducks]

Really Both
Indented with 1em space
or
Non-indented with 1.35em space (my balance between using lots of screen or indented paragraphs).

[OtterBooks]

both. Not sure how to change line spacing between paragraphs to half a line, though.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by elemenoP

Both but only half a line space between paragraphs.

eP

but if I have to choose just one, I'll take the space between paragraphs.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

Sorry, I thought it would be a nice break from the copyright/piracy threads.

Guess what happens when you resurrect an old thread?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

For me, it's the same - the extra white space between the paragraphs lets me read faster. I wonder why that is.

That's because the extra white space contains speed reading molecules. It's a physics thing, don't ya know.

It's the same for me. I like the physical separation.

[wyndslash]

both for me, as long as it's consistent

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

I am happy to see that white space with no indents is rapidly becoming more common.

and that's one reason why I will always reformat my books. I can't stand white spaces between paragraphs unless it's a scene change.

[tilia]

I prefer indents over extra white space, and if I reformat a book, that's what I do.

But I'm starting to feel that indents and a little bit of space between paragraphs looks even better, so maybe I should learn how to do that.

[AkumaTakeshi]

Ye for me I think both too, but paragraph more important I think. I don't like big wall of text but if a particular book it's like that I just read it like that. But for scene changing you can use (and I think it's even better) this:

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[WillAdams]

It shouldn't be a tab, but an aspect of the paragraph formatting (that makes converting from one to the other easier).

For most works, a paragraph indent for normal paragraphs is better, but there are works where vertical space is more suitable.

William

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

but if I have to choose just one, I'll take the space between paragraphs.

Ditto for me, too.

[anamardoll]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's because the extra white space contains speed reading molecules. It's a physics thing, don't ya know.

It's the same for me. I like the physical separation.

It's interesting that there's such a strong divide. I wonder what authors should do -- it's hard to please the "tabs only" AND the "spaces between paragraphs" crowds simultaneously.

[JoelArnold]

I prefer tabs, but either one is okay. Once I'm reading something, whether it's tabs or space between paragraphs, I get used to it pretty quickly, and don't notice it.