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Originally Posted by Sonist
And PDF is the only one I currently know of, that can handle all of it. You can tag it, you can embed video and links into it, you can embed fonts, you can search within it, you can set the layout, or make it reflowable.... It supports both Mac and PC (stuff like DRM-ed .mobi doesn't.)
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Originally Posted by Sonist
If it was just books, I'd say, maybe.
But when large screens hit, with color, it will be also magazines, as well as other more complex publications, which will be viewed on these screens as well.
And I am not sure EPUB will cut it.
I personally am starting to think, that if there is a screen size standardization, which is very likely, it's all over. Not just because of magazines, but also stuff like Google book scans allowing PDF downloads. On a larger, color screen, these will be readable. Publishers can use the same tools they use for print, and output PDFs with very little effort.
With PDF, you can do a nicely designed magazine, with embedded video interviews (and ads:-), live links, etc..
People do not deal well with multiple standards, and I think a standard-size larger screen removes whatever advantages something like EPUB may currently have.
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actually, epub can do everything you mention, reflows worlds better than pdf, and with css can support very advanced layout (good enough for magazines). the current viewers aren't capable of supporting all these features, but the
format can.