Industry Notes: Why Ebook Craft Still Matters

Ebooks are often treated as secondary formats. Readers experience them as primary. Broken spacing, missing contents links, and clumsy hyphenation communicate carelessness as clearly as a poorly printed page.

Craft in digital publishing means intentional typography, tested files, and metadata that helps the right readers find the book. It also means respecting accessibility: semantic structure helps more people read comfortably.

Northfield Books treats ebook production as editorial work, not a conversion checkbox. The format should disappear so the writing can remain.