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Originally Posted by sabredog
If this was the case then ereaders would be displaying PDF documents with far more ease than they actually to do.
I think you will find most ereader owners have less than satisfactory experiences trying to effectively read PDF documents on their 5" - 6" ereading devices.
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PCs have absolutely no problem reading PDFs. Small devices that can read tagged PDFs (like my smartphone) have no problems.
The fact that some small and dedicated devices aren't optimized to display PDFs has absolutely no bearing on PDF's viability as an ebook format. That is a limitation of the devices themselves. Criticizing PDF because it doesn't display on some devices is like criticizing the Sony LRF format because it won't play on a Kindle... or criticizing kerosene because you can't use it to drive your Subaru.
Dedicated readers license PDF-reading software to allow them to read PDFs. As I said earlier, if they cut costs by licensing a third-party PDF reader that can't handle tagged PDF formats... or their software can't handle an Adobe PDF reader... whose fault is that? The PDF?
No: The hardware and its maker is at fault.
Put blame where it is due... on the faulty hardware, not the viable format.