e-book (electronic book) August 9, 2009
Posted by doctorhowie in drawings/illustrations, e-book, images, internet/web, PDF, photos, publishing.Tags: e-book, publishing, writing
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An e-book is the electronic equivalent of a printed book, except it is usually intended to be read on screen in PDF format.
If anything, that means it needs to be even clearer and easier to read than a printed book. Keep pages quite small and make your font size (text size) large. Make the space between lines of text (known as leading) quite large too, so that there seems to be a lot of “air” or “white space”.
Try to avoid using too many images (graphics, photos or drawings) in order to keep your pages less cluttered. Have the resolution of your images quite low (say 72 to 100 dots per inch) in order to keep your file size small.
The KISS principle is a good one to follow: Keep It Sweet and Simple
(or, more rudely, Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
