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Originally Posted by meeera
When oh when oh when will companies learn that PDF is not an ebook format? It's a standard for printable documents so that the user will see a consistent layout; not an ebook format.
Do not, under any bloody circumstances, try to sell me something labelled an "ebook" and tell me that oh yes, it's compatible with your exact six inch eink ereader, completely compatible, and carefully avoid telling me until I've bought, paid for, and downloaded it, that oh it's actually an unreadable PDF, oops, well, we've got your money now.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, DIESEL EBOOKS.
And you know, whatever, if some of you, for some bizarre reason, prefer reading your books in PDF format (on large tablets, perhaps?), then bully for you. Just TELL the consumer up front that you're only offering a PDF, before you take their money.
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I WISH companies would stop requesting PDF. There are two review sites (and one is pretty large) that I submit to and they STILL request PDF rather than .mobi or ePUB. I almost never have PDF ready to go because no one wants it--except for a couple of review sites of all places.
I certainly don't read the thing on my ereader.
I also know a reviewer who reviews for TOR occasionally and they often send her ... PDF files!