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Originally Posted by Alisa:
Yep. That's why, even though they offer free PDF conversion, they make it explicit that it is "experimental". They don't claim they support it because they can't do it well. They've taken a lot of flack for that from people who don't understand. I can't tell you how many flames I've seen in the comments on sites like gizmodo and engadget along the lines of, "What do you mean they don't do PDF? PDF is teh most common ebook format ever. FAIL." They do PDF about as well as any 6" reader can. They're just honest about it.
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Is there actually any software that can do a perfect PDF conversion? I've yet to ear of such. Even Adobe Acrobat Pro cannot do a perfect conversion even if the PDF is just all text.
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Precisely. My point is that Amazon's conversion is pretty much on par with everyone else's (bad) so they don't claim to support it. People who just look at the bullet-point list of features see Amazon: no PDF support vs Sony: PDF support. Sadly if you believe that claim and don't research before buying, you may end up justifiably outraged like NickHiatt. I'm sure it cost Amazon some sales to be honest.