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Originally Posted by chyron8472
Why is it that so many people want to use PDF's on their ebook readers? It's my understanding that they're so specifically designed to appear a certain way per page. whereas ebook readers, by their very nature, are very fluid in how they can format books.
In fact, I know of more than one family member who takes documents and and converts them to PDF before sending to BN or Amazon (depending on the reader) to be converted to a proper format. Meanwhile, the Calibre manual says explicitly how terrible PDF is to convert from and why.
Why do people care about PDF so much?
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My immediate emotional reaction to PDF is extremely negative. I don't like the format for many of the reasons mentioned above.
Having said that, PDF support is important to me because what matters most to me is content.
I have a number of RPG game manuals which were only released in PDF format. They use complex formatting with multiple columns, illustrations, charts and tables; so converting them to something reflowable is a pain - if it's possible at all.
This leaves me with two choices - throwing away the money I have already spent - or using a portable device that supports PDF. PDF matters to me because content matters, and when I have content that's only in PDF - well...