The EPUB3 standard effectively eliminates the invisible barrier surrounding Japan which has been used to protect the local publishing industry by requiring foreigners to master enigmatic character sets and complicated vertical
typesetting rules that are unique to the market.
EPUB3 now adequately supports Japanese
typesetting rules (much of thew work accomplished by a team of Japanese engineers) and is also usable with web browsers supporting HTML5, as well as the Japanese typesetting extension already implemented by Apple's Safari.
Many self - published authors proofread their own work, especially because the print version of our books are often less relevant than the ebook versions, so
the typesetting rules of the proofreading stage aren't something many worry about.
Not exact matches
As a general
rule, if you can afford to get your book professionally
typeset, you should.
Book Production and
Typesetting - Anyone typesetting a book needs to know grammar, design, and the basic rules in typesetting to make a book look pr
Typesetting - Anyone
typesetting a book needs to know grammar, design, and the basic rules in typesetting to make a book look pr
typesetting a book needs to know grammar, design, and the basic
rules in
typesetting to make a book look pr
typesetting to make a book look professional.
That experience is a big part of why we set out to build a tool with little to no learning curve, while respecting all the
rules of professional
typesetting.
The process of
typesetting an e-book includes selecting typefaces, setting
rules for normal body text (such as alignment, line spacing, and handling of breaks, widows and orphans), and visually designing special text such as headers or block quotes.
Additionally, and this
rule applies to all
typesetting, for maximum legibility there should never be more than 57 characters and spaces per line of text.