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I don't like the font or spacing or something... something about the proportions kinda makes it hard to read comfortably (I'm on a mid rez LCD display)... Also might help having the border/background being a different color (hmmm, maybe a fabric book cover or endpaper texture? )

Option for author to "theme" thier book with 5 or so different layout themes so one would be fictional, another might be non-fiction (using some sans serif font), etc. Of course the reader can override if desired.

The book title at the top gets lost in the content.

The top menu symbols show up on the printout - might want to have the print version have a light BookVoid header showing... with the book title.

Maybe an option to border embedded graphics, that wake turbulence pic doesn't seem to rest well in the page... (can you caption it too? or have text wrapping options?)

When you go to settings the book content graphics disappear.

The navigation symbols are interesting but I would think trying to be a bit more conventional symbols (+/- magnifying glass, graphic of gate-fold, etc) would be worth a shot.

BookVoid? Sounds like limbo from books... Maybe instead of a word that reminds me of emptiness or clearing out, look for something growing or spreading... maybe look for Book[Word] combos relating to say garden, spring, sharing, inspiration,creativity?

This is all good stuff. Thank you.

Themes are a good idea. A printout mode is also on my list of wanted features. It's a bit tricky to implement because of the collapsed sections.

You are right, the book title is currently visually competing with the top graphic banner and it is a little awkward. This is the result of trying to do a landing page in a textbook oriented format. I should find a better solution to this.

As for the wake turbulence pic, Bookvoid allows me to float graphics left or right and have text wrap around them and it looks better on large devices. However, text wrapping around images sometimes end up squeezing text too much on smaller devices. I will try to find a solution, maybe conditional css or javascript that allows me to achieve best of both world. Good catch.

Interesting take on the Bookvoid name. I had difficulty finding a good name. In the end, the color scheme and name were inspired by an artist I like: Yves Klein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Klein#The_Void

I should also comment about the concept, I think its great! The big pluses are quick access to read and to create which simple, and folks could use it to make their own books.

As a comparison, I use Dokuwiki for my site, which is similar but a lot more prep to setup and get into (it's not a SAAS). I think if you take a quick look at it, it might give you some ideas for format concepts: http://portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:projects...

Print out one page to see how the layout differs from the screen.

Another thing - How do I delete a book I created?

I removed the book delete feature because I want to encourage people to delete only the content they really don't want anymore.

Since Bookvoid lets you create mashups where books can contain parts of other books, deleting an entire book risks making holes in other author's books. You can always empty all the sections and subsections of your book. It's not a bad idea to replace deleted content with a message explaining to readers why the content has disappeared and maybe linking to where they can find it if it's still somewhere.

How about at least a setup where authors have the first 24 hours from creation to easily delete their book, that will give lookie-loos like me a chance to cleanup after toying with the site.

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