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=X= · 05-21-2009, 01:23 PM

There was a survey that showed 50% of the eBook market read their books on PC/Laptops. I suspect that those folks prefer PDF. Along with the fact that people know PDF it's been around for a while.

I voted for MOBI. I think it's a bad survey, as they split up MOBI and Kindle. It should have been the same option. And that would have changed the number from 9.8% to 19.8%.

Also it includes MS Word along with text/html. That is just wrong. Any device can read HTML/Text, even an MP3 player but only PC/MAC with word can read word documents.

People who write surveys really need to think them out. The only valid data this survey conveys is that PDF is still the dominate format.

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05-21-2009, 01:23 PM	#5
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	There was a survey that showed 50% of the eBook market read their books on PC/Laptops. I suspect that those folks prefer PDF. Along with the fact that people know PDF it's been around for a while. I voted for MOBI. I think it's a bad survey, as they split up MOBI and Kindle. It should have been the same option. And that would have changed the number from 9.8% to 19.8%. Also it includes MS Word along with text/html. That is just wrong. Any device can read HTML/Text, even an MP3 player but only PC/MAC with word can read word documents. People who write surveys really need to think them out. The only valid data this survey conveys is that PDF is still the dominate format. =X= Last edited by =X=; 05-21-2009 at 01:30 PM. Reason: Fixed the studdering of my sig