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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
LaTeX has one huge disadvantage for rendering: it is very slow. Way beyound the processing power of an ereader in reasonable time. On a fast computer it does not even work on the fly. Going from source to finished renderable output usually requires multiple passes. Pregenerating 8 different versions of the book should work though (to allow changes in text size for the 8 settings on Kindle). You will still be in trouble when trying to change fonts.
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Yes. I wasn't that clear, but that's what I meant by the need to rerender at a simple font size change. I think most people are fine with the way the text is shown now. For people who are indifferent to this, they will never realize. But very long wait times for simple changes, maybe even for opening a book the first time (or every time. If the rendered book is saved, this would use additional disk space) would be perceived by everyone. So of course no manufacturer chooses to do this type of rendering.