From Print to Digital: Where Book Design Commonly Goes Wrong
When books move from print to digital, something is often lost. Readers may struggle with awkward layouts, confusing navigation or text that simply does not behave as expected on a screen. These problems are not inherent to ebooks. They are usually the result of design assumptions that work well on paper but fail in digital environments.
This article examines where book design most commonly goes wrong during the transition from print to digital, and why those mistakes continue to appear.
Print Design and Digital Reality
Print design is based on fixed pages. Designers know exactly how wide a page is, …