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Originally Posted by ajmoir
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.
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But a device with an A4/Letter size screen is far too big to carry around with you everywhere that you go. There's certainly a market for such devices, but it's a
different market to the one which will appeal to paperback book readers. An A5/6" screen device is far more convenient for reading fiction.
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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.
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PDF really is the worst possible choice for a general-purpose eBook because it's tied to a specific screen size. It was never intended for use as an eBook format - it was designed - and is good for - a portable reproduction of a specific size document.