Thread: No TIFFs. Why?
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Old 06-12-2011, 03:37 PM   #7
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@Hermes, I must agree with the above as well. TIFF, as I recall is controlled by Adobe [?] and I don't think has been updated in quite some time.
Yes, it's owned by Adobe. It's also a highly flexible format with numerous options; I imagine it would be difficult to implement in the restricted memory environment of an eBook reader.

And, at the end of the day, what would be the point? Nobody's going to be able to tell the difference between a JPEG and a TIFF image on an eInk screen.
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