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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
That's one of the key issues you're missing--who's going to create these "properly done" PDFs? Right now, publishers don't even consistently release PDFs without crop marks. They release print-ready PDFs with 300dpi full-color artwork, that would look just fine at 150dpi grayscale, and probably would be fine at 72 dpi. ....
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I think the key point you are missing is, that PDF is most likely the easiest format for most publishers to output.
If you think they will not output PDF correctly, when their staff is generally well-trained on how to do it, what makes you assume, that they will output EPUB correctly, with all the code tweaking it may need?
As for publishers releasing "print-ready" PDFs, it just doesn't make any sense. You think they'll kick and scream to embed DRM into the file, but will want to saddle you with a huge PDF, which will tax the seller's servers, and will be great for producing high quality bootleg print-runs in India or China?
But even if they did, Adobe Acrobat can optimize a PDF to a much smaller size with one click, and cheap third-party apps can shrink it further yet.
Me thinks, Ahi is in fact very knowledgeable, and very sensibly makes some very good points.
