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Originally Posted by HarryT
Amazon have "Print Replica" format (AZW4), which is PDF in an Amazon wrapper, although such books can only be read on the tablet and PC apps, rather than on eInk Kindles.
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That's what I meant when I said that Amazon does not offer PDFs for their eInk devices.
They have no need to support PDF and yet they do, and better than Kobo.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
The native PDF support in eInk Kindles is not good, unless the PDF has been optimised for the page size of the Kindle. I'm sure that Kobo's PDF support can't be any worse!
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You really should try the native PDF reader on Kobo, it is several times slower, does not offer persistent zoom (in a way that retains the exact zoomed area after page turns) nor any form of annotation feature.
In comparison, all of the recent Kindle models (starting at least with the original Paperwhite) give a sufficiently pleasant experience. Nothing compared to a tablet, but at least in landscape and with slightly increased contrast, you get to read your documents with persistent zoom (double tap auto zoom on text-area), relatively fluid page turns and the basic annotation features that the Kindle offers for its other formats.
If you think that this is not good (of course it could be better), give any recent Kobo device a try. You will find that experience atrociously slow and clunky, despite the device possibly having a larger screen and faster processor than your Kindle.