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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The Desktop Adobe Digital Editions does not reflow PDFs. You can reflow some PDFs with the mobile Adobe Digital Editions. However, it is not currently possible to reflow all PDFs with ADE or any other software. The ones that reflow well are generally the ones that don't have fancy layouts.....
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Thanks for the explanation, wallcraft. I think I do understand EPUB a bit better now.
I was speaking about the Mobile ADE, which was licensed by Amazon, and which presumably would be used for e-readers.
And I am speaking of reflowing text without fancy layout, such as most literature, or even textbooks. Presumably the Mobile ADE would work as well as EPUB for this.
But there other applications, where one does not want to allow a reflow (the mag cover attached above is one example.) It is the same on the web now - there many pages designed to be shown only as the publisher intends, and many of these would not be well-suited for small deices (iPhone's Safari a possible exception, as well as the mobile Opera, sort of.)
My point was, if we can have the same format, which can reflow simple layouts, but can also show complex layouts like the magazine cover above, as intended, why not use it for both?
I guess, I should ask, can EPUB show the Nylon cover above, in the way it is intended to look by the publisher?