Thread: In which e-book formats do you have books that you'd still like to be able to read?
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Old 01-11-2008, 03:20 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Why is PDF lumped in with other formats such as text, html, rtf? I don't consider PDF an open format and would vote for open formats if PDF was not among them.
That's a fair question. I was trying to focus on dedicated e-book formats (which you may agree PDF ain't), in an attempt to get a feel for what dedicated formats we might like on a multi-format supporting reading device.

However, I knew that if I didn't include the popular non-dedicated formats that get used for e-books, I'd be badgered about it endlessly. (you know how vicious badgers can be ) So I created a catch-all option for the non-dedicated formats that get used for e-books anyway, hoping that would satisfy most folks. It seems to be mostly working.

Naturally, the non-dedicated formats are very popular, and I wasn't suggesting in the least that they not be supported, it's just not the focus of my question, that's all.
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