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03-28-2022, 04:12 PM | #47 |
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I doubt questionable ebook formatting will go away before the desire to make em look like print editions does. That sort of thinking slots the ebook into second-class citizen status that is difficult to overcome. Dodgy ebooks often get their start in print-first workflows where print-focused decisions were made at every step, undoing them being time-consuming and unpopular. And the idea that the ebook could surpass the print edition, just in ways the print edition couldn't target in the first place, is not given much real priority in those scenarios.
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03-29-2022, 06:56 AM | #50 | |
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I format for ebook first & then when final proof is done then Save-As with the page size in the name and format the paper versions. My websites work on 4.3" phone to 2K 24" with a single version. Make desktop browser window phone number of pixels and it's the same as on the phone. Use a 10" to 14" Android HD tablet and it looks like desktop, you don't get a stupid mobile version like most "leading" websites serve. Headers, footers, notes, footnotes, contents, index/concordance, images, page numbers, spacing/margins etc are all different for paper. I tried both workflows. I started with work flow for paper as I had decades of experience producing and training. Considered HTML workflow for a while as input to Mobi Creator but a docx Save As with styles, headings etc for epub works best. Easy to adapt final version for paper. All proofs & annotation now on eink via epub & Calibre. The proof for paper is only about changed and extra content. Last edited by Quoth; 03-29-2022 at 06:59 AM. |
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