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Old 04-18-2008, 03:41 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by Jack B Nimble View Post
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
If you are able to download and view a sample of the book (many eBook sellers provide samples nowadays), you can check the properties of the book to see if it is accessible. To do this, all you need to do is open up the demo book in Adobe Reader, select File > Properties and then you'll see "Tagged PDF:" with a Yes or No after it.
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