Originally Posted by Quoth
My bold. Because that is the elephant in the room.
Some programs can reduce margins of PDF, but not automatically. Also often fails if there is a binding offset / mirrored margins. Which would be practically every professional PDF that is proof for a bound printed copy rather than the stupid PDFs from Governments and Corporates instead of a responsive web page. Originally ALL web sites were "responsive" which is why the innards of most ebook formats are HTML based, it inherently has no screen or page size. PDFs inherently specify a page size and elements are related to the edges of the page, not a screen or window.
Indeed the problem is PRECISELY that PDFs were designed to distribute documents to be printed exactly as even the SAME wordprocessor will display differently (printer metrics and historically page setup and fonts).
PDFs are not eBooks and never ever should be sold as such. It's a format to proof a paper printout on screen.
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