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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Probably I'm too narrow minded concerning PDFs. Originally, PDFs had been designed to preserve the layout. If you've got Stephen King as a PDF (but why should you? There are way more advanced file formats available), reflowing will just do fine.
But if you've got "more advanced" files, I find the results not satisfying. There's always something missing. Graphics, tables, formulas, ....
So, you're right: "Any kind of PDF" is too absolute in its terms. I'd rephrase: All of my files, for which PDF as a file format did make sense, don't work very well on my ePaper readers.
They by far work best on "the bigger ones" (iRex 1000S for example), without reflow.
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As long as it's specially made up for a certain screensize, it'll be fine if you have that certain screensize. I started to convert all my books to PDF (using LaTeX) because I didn't like the epub and mobipocket renderer on my BBMini. And yes, the advantage is that those same PDF's, which are made for my 5", all show exactly the same on my 6" devices.
And I cropped the margins on one "professional" PDF (which my husband uses for study atm), and that made it much more easy to use on his Kindle. It shows only a slightly smaller font-size than I'm used to on my BBMini.