Or worse yet have actual readers become vocal naysayers because they couldn't get past
a poorly formatted eBook.
The great thing about FBReader is that it takes
a poorly formatted ebook and turns it into a nicely formatted one automatically, where you can control the font type, size, line spacing, text encoding, margins, hyphenations, and line breaks all from within the settings of the ebook itself.
This sets the bar high for authors to cross as the philosophy underlying the automated file conversion technology needs you to study the Style Guide to prevent
poorly formatted eBook from populating the virtual shelf.
I'm sure there are formatters out there who are more skilled than I am (yourself included, Angela), but I saw so many
poorly formatted ebooks that, when I started out, I was scared to put my book into someone else's hands.
Gross blamed the wealth of free converting software titles as well as the rush to get ebooks onto the market, even among bestselling titles, for the often
poorly formatted ebooks.
Not exact matches
Ebooks are different from print books, so do not think that you can make your
ebook look like an exact facsimile of print book, otherwise you'll only frustrate yourself by getting a
poorly formatted, unreadable
ebook.
Once you upload your
ebook file (which can be a Word document or one of many other
formats), you'll be automatically alerted to spelling errors in your book; you'll also be informed if the file conversion went
poorly.
As 99 % of self - published
ebooks are
poorly executed (terrible spelling, grammar, punctuation,
formatting, etc.), how on earth are you and your colleagues going to sort through the «shit volcano» of titles in order to offer libraries high - quality products while maintaining your sanity?
Authors work hard to write and polish their books, but no matter how great the content, if the
ebook is
poorly formatted then readers will be frustrated.
Data Conversion Laboratory issued a press release earlier this week that indicates that reading consumers are speaking out against
poorly formatted and error - ridden
ebooks, sometimes even those works that have been commercially produced through major publishing houses.
The Exact Editions platform works well for book publishers that have complex and rich page designs that are
poorly served by the most commonly used
ebook file
formats.