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Originally Posted by CRussel
It isn't the fault of Kindle (or any other eReader), but a limitation of the format. PDF is designed to provide a visually accurate representation of a page of text. Great, if all your pages are the same size and you're representing it on a device that can show a full page. PDF doesn't provide for re-flowing of text to adjust to a different size display, making it very unsatisfactory for eReaders.
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this is exactly the issue - rescaling the page to fit the smaller display form factor reduces the page content size as well. PDF's allow the formatting and layout to be the same, thus allowing a side-bar to the content to show up exactly where the text says it is - hunting for FIG.1 is not required, it's right there to the left of the text explaining the complex concept.
an eReader would be a horrible alternative to my large format Ansel Adams books, but they are perfect for the treatise that discusses at length the images in that large format book.