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Originally Posted by MR. Pockets
BTW, can you explain to me why anyone would choose PDF as the format of choice over, say, ePub or Mobi?
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Unfortunately, the 'anyone' you refer to is the publisher of the documents I want to read, not me, so I have no choice.
Those publishers doubtless have multiple reasons; control over formatting has already been mentioned above. One of the key reasons for the material I buy is that the publisher also sells the same books in hardcover format. It's going to be a lot cheaper to produce the PDFs from the existing files than to lay the documents out again with new formatting designed for a smaller screen, or with additional features added.
The same publisher also runs a POD service for PDFs that prove popular. That is only possible if the eBook version is laid out as a printed page.
Graham