Thread: Do you consider PDF to be a legitimate "e-book" format? Why or why not?
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Old 01-23-2008, 02:55 PM   #101
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
@Kovid

When a reading device, such as the Sony, analyses a file for display, how does it proceed? Does it need to have the software that created each file type onboard? Does it proceed the same way with each file type?
Well no, it doesn't need the creation software, but it does have format dependent algorithms for pagination.
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