![]() ![]() In many cases, fixed layout eBooks mirror the design of the print edition of the book exactly.Īrt and fine art photography books can be converted into either reflowable or fixed layout eBooks. Indeed, that is one of the benefits of reading an eBook! With fixed layout, eBooks type sizes and other aspects of page layout cannot be altered by the reader: pages are displayed as they were designed by whoever created the eBook file. eBooks comprised primarily of text are almost always reflowable, meaning that the reader can change the size and style of the type. ![]() ![]() Two Kinds of eBooksĮBooks come in two flavors: reflowable and fixed layout. But there are also barriers to publishing illustrated eBooks that don’t exist for books that are primarily text. Part of this is surely due to the fact that while the experience of reading fiction on a device is not that different than reading on paper, the experience of browsing a beautifully printed and bound picture book is of a different order than flipping through pictures on a screen. The catch-all category that includes illustrated books-as well as graphic novels, science/nature, food & drink, children’s nonfiction, and others-comprises less than 10% of sales. In the UK, for example, over 45% of eBook sales consist of crime, fantasy, and romance titles. However, eBooks don’t sell equally well in all categories, but are concentrated in fiction-especially genre fiction. EBooks have grown from less than 1% of book sales in 2007 to about 20% in 2014. ![]()
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