What is the best size manuscript for an e-book?
The hand-held reading devices only support 8×11 inch page dimensions, so the manuscript (even novels) must be formatted to this page size. The ideal page count is 118 pages for both e-books and Print on Demand systems (POD costs more to produce a book than traditional print runs). As technology increases, reading devices will be better able to handle the traditional paperback book size of 5×8 inches. Graphics is another problem. Today’s readers support few photos, illustrations or line art due to low memory and proprietary issues. Digital Goods is good and the e-book distributor we use. They support the intensive graphics in our books.
