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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Don't forget, Jon, PDF does have a function. It is perfectly suited for people who read texts on computers and laptops... which is how many students do it. There may not be a dedicated reader good for textbooks yet, but laptops and PCs combined with PDF files work fine.
I think the "registered key" idea mentioned earlier would probably be your best bet for providing electronic files and making sure everyone paid for their copy (that method does work when you are limiting your output to smaller groups, and can issue a manual key... or, with larger groups, when your sales/distribution chain can issue keys that you can verify later).
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PDF is an excellent format for anything I buy with the intention of printing. I buy game rules and even printable figures that way. I don't and won't buy fiction that way as PDF is just too hard to read on a screen. Double column PDFs are the worst as it's impossible to get a full page legible on my screen so I have to jog up when I go to the second column.
It's a superb format for printing. But that's about it.