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Old 12-08-2010, 12:45 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
As I said before, PDF is a perfect document format for display on a PC. But I believe it is not an ebook format, certainly not suitable for use in the current generation of ereaders which struggle to display them.

That is NOT a criticism.
PDF is plenty suitable for display on ebook readers--if it's designed for them. See attached. PDFs that are designed for printing on letter/A4 paper, are likely to have some problems on a 6" screen. PDFs made from scans of hardcover books are also going to have some problems.

PDF is as much an ebook format as RTF or HTML, and like them, how well it works for reading depends on hardware, software, and design of the original. There is no difference between "real" ebook formats and "just document" formats.
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