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To state something as fact, as you have attempted to do here, needs more testing, and more information about the variables tested.
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Hmmm... So, doing a test, publishing the method and results means "needs more testing" especially when other people see similar results?
If you wish to keep testing, that's fine. But as far as I am concerned, it's a fact that PDF is a bloated format.
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But the fact remains that PDF is a everywhere and many times, it is the only electronic format that one can get books in.
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Officially. There are many unofficial sources.
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Our discussion may be about PDF but how can one talk about PDF files without talking about software?
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Because PDF does not equal Acrobat and many eBooks are not read on devices supported by Adobe.
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Just because other software vendors and companies that have produced electronic reading devices do not capitalize on this functionality does not mean it does not exist or that the file format is inferior.
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Back to my statement about a feature that no one knows exists doesn't exist.
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Oh, now you are talking about hacking the files! Something the average reader probably isn't even concerned with doing. Again, I state, "if Adobe wants to lock down the file to protect their intellectual property, that's certainly up to them."
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So you are asserting that when I create an eBook in PDF that it becomes Adobe's "intellectual property". Interesting view.
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Failed in what ways? Have you even read a tagged PDF file on a handheld? How can you make such a global statement as this?
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No. Because none of the PDFs that I had were tagged and were unreadable on my PDA. Even if it was tagged, 2.4MB is far too bloated a file to put on my PDA when I can put a 300K file on instead and get
exactly the same functionality.