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Old 09-06-2013, 10:41 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by AshleyLynn View Post
Hello everybody,

I'm in an interesting situation at the moment. I have a client who has a designed print version of a book and wants to make a version for Kindles and other eBooks.

This client read somewhere that all eBooks can read PDFs, so she's thinking we can just convert the print version to a PDF and call it a day. I think that's not the route to take. The beauty of ePubs is that they are fluid; PDFs are not. I'm no expert when it comes to PDFs on eBooks, but I don't think PDFs can come loaded with metadata (name of book, author, publish date, built-in table of contents) nor can I create hyperlinks within (such as creating my own TOC that will appear at the beginning of the ePub).


What's everyone's opinion on this? Am I right in thinking that PDF is NOT the way to go?

Thanks for reading!
The type of book here is important. If your client has a book that has very few images and mostly text, your decision to go with an ePub makes total sense. However if the book is image heavy it might make sense to stick with a pdf.
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