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Originally Posted by Lemurion
On the gripping hand, many PDF supporters have repeatedly made the claim that it is the "best" ebook format - and I see that as being just as much a mark of fanaticism as saying it's a useless one. It's only PDFs where I see the complaints that books aren't readable on a majority of devices that support the format.
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I don't disagree with what you're saying.
I
would disagree with someone saying that PDF is THE BEST EBOOK FORMAT EVAH (as you say, that would be fanaticism, and the only reason I haven't called it out is because I haven't seen anyone say this yet, but I may have missed something), but I do believe that it's the best format (that I've used, anyway) for
certain types of books.
(This belief is also, I acknowledge, subjective and not some universal truth.
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In my opinion, there is not yet one perfect ebook format that can handle everything needed in ever book ever.
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Originally Posted by toddos
Of course you can't reflow paper books. They're paper. Duh. But books in digital formats are supposed to go beyond what paper can provide, including the ability to resize fonts and reflow text. Otherwise, what's the point? Just keep buying paper books.
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There are many differences between a PDF file and a paper book. There are some similarities between a PDF file and a paper book. A PDF file is an ebook format that accomplishes some things well, other things poorly, and yet some other things not at all.