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Originally Posted by Quoth
That is decorative and not simple. Irrelevant for people wanting to read a novel.
Even for paper it's over the top except as a facsimile of something over 200 years old.
Waste of time, breaks easily and pointless on a phone.
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I totally get what you are trying to say...and you certainly have the right to your opinion that you don't care for decorative or irrelevant features...and I understand that you have the
ability to make your books more decorative/complex and just choose not to.
However, I read
A LOT of books. In that time I have found that I get pretty bored with just plain vanilla text on the page. Taking a little extra time to create a book that is
visually appealing, as well as works on different devices is NOT necessarily a waste of time.
Books that have a little extra...something... to set them apart from just plain text...especially if it helps set the mood of the book, or helps tell the story... is great. If you know how to do that for those with ePub3 and still provide fallback coding so you can have your plain text on an ePub2 phone...then why the heck not???
It doesn't make sense to rob the people who have newer devices/apps of advanced, 'pretty', features just because older devices don't support them. Take the extra 2 minutes to put the coding in so everyone can enjoy it to the level their device can support.