RE: Widows in e-books

Ebook readers come in many different formats; from as small as a smartphone
screen to as large as an ipad. Unlike dead tree publishing ebooks have to
deal with different screen sizes and different font sizes. It would be
impossible to format an ebook which would take this into consideration. You
would have to sell ebooks specifically formatted for every different kind of
device and every different kind of reader software. It is much simpler to
allow such things as widows and orphans and then you only have to worry
about reader software for every different operating system.

 

 

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Subject: [ebook-community] Widows in e-books

 

  


I am working on my first e-book--which is a book of quotations--and I was
wondering if it is acceptable to leave widows in fixed layout e-books. I
would not do it in a print book, but I've seen several e-books that have
left widows. Is that standard e-book industry practice? 

Bill



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