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Originally Posted by HarryT
One has to accept the realities of life. Multiple book formats do exist, whether we like it or not, and many commercial eBooks are only available with DRM.
PDF is, IMHO, irrrelevent for a reader intended for the fiction market.
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I see a much broader future for eReaders than just fiction, I want nothing more than the complete removal of the paper book. This would mean a revolution in publishing. It also means that the eReaders have to step up and provide the features without the crap. I think a thin letter sized reader will become the standard size, able to read fiction, tech docs and newspapers. eventually most ebooks will format for the size.
DRM is brain damaged. The only people it hurts are the law abiding customers. The publishing companies need to understand what is happening in the electronic media arena. Currently, they don't understand the tech, they do not understand the market and they sure as hell do not understand the customer.
The three formats I listed do not really on device fonts but on bit mapped displays. PDF is the most prevalent for read only documents. I use this as I have ocr'd a number of books to latex, I'm not tied to the limitations of the device fonts but the limitation of the display.