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Originally Posted by JSWolf
We need to seperate types of eBooks then we can say where PDF works and where PDF fails...
PDF fails for books that are mostly text based. Like say the latest Star Trek book for example.
Now where PDF is good is for things like text books or things you may want to print in a complex format.
And yes, the PDF implementation on most eink readers is awful. The iLiad has the best PDF viewer for it of any of the eink based readers.
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Heh, I'm glad I read past your previous post where you called us PDF publishers "idiots".
I heartily agree with you here. If layout matters (technical stuff, maths) PDF is second to none. For plain text, I probably wouldn't go with PDF.
I will check out tagging PDFs (this thread is the first time I heard about it), and whether pdfLaTeX can generate this. Until then, I simply provide a pdf specifically laid out for small (screen) pages.
I compare it to a MIDI file versus a CD of a live performance. CDs are awful if you intend to extract the score music from them, but I'd be hesitant to call CDs a "stupid" format for music publication.