Thread: Ebook reader survey on preferred format(s)
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Old 05-21-2009, 11:53 PM   #72
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
The bigger issue is that most people don't want to screw with having to edit things.

I will NEVER edit an e-book, journal article etc. It will either open and display properly on my device, or I won't buy it and will just get a print version or print out the PDF.

So you're talking about something that really only matters to a small number of e-reader users willing to mess with editing and converting stuff. Probably a decent number of people on sites like these--but forms always skew to the more tech inclined.

But in the mainstream, your average Kindle owner isn't going to know how to do such things or want to take the time to learn. Even more so when e-readers expand and move away from dedicated readers to more people having them in multifunction devices like phones and eventual tablet devices etc. and thus get in the hands of more regular, non-techie folk.

Most people are just going to want something they can just open and read in a nice, clean format. The key is getting a format that reflows that well, or getting some screen size standards so stuff doesn't need reflowed.
I didn't see your post before posting mine but I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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