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Originally Posted by twowheels
PDF is not ebook reader friendly because the format is designed for fixed layout publishing. If your book has a lot of examples where the layout of the page is important, or pictures/diagrams that need to be sufficiently large to make out the details, then PDF might be the appropriate format. If it's mostly text and some example SQL snippets, with some simple inline diagrams, then it'd be much better to publish in ePUB & mobi, which can be read well on basically any device as they're designed to be reflowable.
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If the books are likely to be read on an e-reader, I'd certainly agree. But, if they're more likely to be read on a computer, then PDF is a reasonable choice.
Personally, I have several O'Reilly e-books. I don't have e-reader software installed on my work computer, but I do have a PDF viewer. I really appreciate the fact that they offer their ebooks in multiple formats, because it means that I can read a .mobi file on my Kindle, and keep a PDF on my work computer for reference.