Thread: Rename template for "number of pages"
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Old 03-09-2019, 01:50 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
@DNSB - Most PDFs are far more readable on a 13" iPad Pro than they are on a personal computer, surely you are not suggesting an iPad isn't a mobile device.
I'll pick reading a PDF on my Lenovo laptop than on my iPad Pro (10.5" version). Larger screen though lower pixel count but the CPU and RAM size smoke my iPad Pro and the keyboard is a heck of a lot nicer to use. Plug it into the docking station with two 24" UHD monitors and just no comparison. Add in that CC6 gives me Adobe Acrobat just in case I feel up to editing a PDF. I admit the laptop is heavier but at 469 grams, my iPad Pro is not comfortable for me to hold for hours even without adding the weight of the keyboard/cover.

They are both devices which live in the same bag so I'll call both mobile devices. Just like putting a handle on top of a TV used to qualify it as a portable.

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The calibre library manager does not run on mobile device operating systems it runs on personal computer operating systems, surely you're not suggesting it has no place at MobileRead.

PDF is a widely used (most ??) format for Fixed Layout books/documents/reports.
Calibre is one of the best—if not the best—tools for managing my books both on my computer and on my mobile device. It even lets me add metadata, series information and better cover images to those trash replica .txt files I'm addicted to using. Most of the ebook software and ebook format forums are of use to me either for use or curiosity.

As I said in my original comment, a reflowable format is more suited for the small displays of the average ereader.

I use PDF quite often though more often than not, we now (corporately speaking) use FLO epubs and Amazon Print Replica (PDF in a wrapper) in addition to PDF (the print shop doesn't just have their own drummer, they went for their own big band ). For the corporate website, PDF is the goto format for documents since very few devices are not capable of opening a .PDF file. Viewing those on my phone let me revisit the joy of zooming and scrolling.

If you ain't reading XPS, you're reading trash.
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