Evaluating eBooks

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Here are a few details to help reviewers check for a properly-formatted eBook.

Kindle Basics | Evaluating using a Kindle (or Kindle App)

To-mah-to, to-may-to, Kindle

• When we say “Kindle,” we don’t exclusively mean using that little Amazon Kindle device.

• You can also download an application or program to your iPad or other tablet, or even your computer (Mac or PC).

Check the bottom left corner of the Kindle display and cycle through the options (checking that all three should be there):

1. Location XXX of XXXX (may also have page X of XX)

2. Time left in chapter

3. Time left in book

Go to the table of contents and check at least two locations at random (e.g., click on the cover and chapter 20) to make sure the navigation works correctly.

Go to the format settings page and change font and column layout, then check that text flows properly in each test.

You want to look

for broken lines like this

one.

Also, check for strange justification settings resulting in layout l   i  k  e   t    h   i   s.

Check for formatting/coding problems that result in stray characters like: ╣ ▓ Å µ ≈