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Jack B Nimble · 04-18-2008, 01:57 PM

As I have said, I am not a fan of PDF for ebooks, but I did consider it at one point when I wanted some DRMed books, but I wanted them compatible with my Macbook (Adobe and eReader are the only DRM formats with mac readers). I threw Adobe out the window when I asked Fictionwise if their PDF books were tagged for reflow. The customer service rep informed me that PDF cannot reflow. I pointed them him to several articles correcting his information (which I am certain he did not read), and went on to download my eReader files.

Just out of curiosity, given the ongoing discussion, I tried downloading some of my unprotected Fictionwise purchases in PDF. I tried three different files, from three different publishers, and lo and behold, reflow works on each (I am using Acrobat 7, btw). Now, that is not to say it would be the same with protected PDF files, and with what I have since learned of Adobe DRM issues, I will happily stick with eReader when I can, but it does open up some extra options.

Jack

04-18-2008, 01:57 PM	#93
Jack B Nimble Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 672 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Tapwave Zodiac, eBookwise 1150	As I have said, I am not a fan of PDF for ebooks, but I did consider it at one point when I wanted some DRMed books, but I wanted them compatible with my Macbook (Adobe and eReader are the only DRM formats with mac readers). I threw Adobe out the window when I asked Fictionwise if their PDF books were tagged for reflow. The customer service rep informed me that PDF cannot reflow. I pointed them him to several articles correcting his information (which I am certain he did not read), and went on to download my eReader files. Just out of curiosity, given the ongoing discussion, I tried downloading some of my unprotected Fictionwise purchases in PDF. I tried three different files, from three different publishers, and lo and behold, reflow works on each (I am using Acrobat 7, btw). Now, that is not to say it would be the same with protected PDF files, and with what I have since learned of Adobe DRM issues, I will happily stick with eReader when I can, but it does open up some extra options. Jack Last edited by Jack B Nimble; 04-18-2008 at 02:02 PM.