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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
As Natch pointed out before, this thread isn't about whether PDF can be made to work as an ebook format, but whether it is a legitimate ebook format. To me that means asking whether it is a format in which ebooks should continue to be produced. To that question my answer is, not unless you have really special needs.
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"Special needs" like clearly viewing graphics, for instance?
Generally, when I read e-books, I read, and occasionally look at graphics, and sometimes I bookmark things. PDF serves those needs fine, and I don't think they're all that unusual.
And I think PDF should also get major points due to its ubiquitous nature... more than any other e-book format, PDFs can be read on most any device, large and small, on most any OS including those of proprietary hardware, from old to new documents and old to new systems. That's more widespread than Mobi. That's the kind of ubiquitousness ePub drools about.
And it's already here. That counts for a lot.