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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I should have known.
First, my music collection is lossless FLAC (I used MP3 because many people don't know what FLAC is), and second, most e-books I have don't come near the 'real book' regarding formatting, and especially, if available, illustrations. I, for one, count these things as part of the book.
It's much easier to create a digital representation of a CD (use FLACs, fill in metadata, and use high resolution cover art) than it is to create a digital representation of a book. Metadata, and high res covers/illustrations can be done quite easily actually, but text accuracy, formatting and typesetting are often neglected.
And then, when converting, the conversion will not be lossless. Converting from format to format might mess up the book beyond recognition, while converting music from one lossless format to another will normally be perfect.
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I'm so glad that I am able to truly enjoy music and books without worrying whether or not they are in a "lossless" format. I've really truly tried to hear the difference between music in mp3 and flac format, and I can't hear it. I also really don't care about the format of a book, as long as I can read it. Unfortunately, sometimes when publishers try to add fancy fonts and other formatting the book becomes unreadable to me (because of size, or in one particularly horrifying case, an author specifying text *color* which made the text appear faded when read using e-ink)
Shari