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JSWolf · 05-22-2009, 12:07 PM

One of the MAIN reasons for a reader is the ability to have larger fonts then say the pBook version. So if the main font size is too small, we can increase it. PDF doesn't work like that. You get one fonts size and that's it. Do you think publishers are going to make PDF for every size screen in every font size? if you do, you are sadly mistaken. PDF comes in fixed sized usually not good for portable readers. So unless the the publishers can make PDF in every size with every font size, it's a useless format for eBooks.

I read on small and the same eBook, my wife would read at medium. If I made a PDF that was ok for me, it would not be ok for her. But I can make an ePub that is OK for both of us.

05-22-2009, 12:07 PM	#124
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,087 Karma: 148029447 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	One of the MAIN reasons for a reader is the ability to have larger fonts then say the pBook version. So if the main font size is too small, we can increase it. PDF doesn't work like that. You get one fonts size and that's it. Do you think publishers are going to make PDF for every size screen in every font size? if you do, you are sadly mistaken. PDF comes in fixed sized usually not good for portable readers. So unless the the publishers can make PDF in every size with every font size, it's a useless format for eBooks. I read on small and the same eBook, my wife would read at medium. If I made a PDF that was ok for me, it would not be ok for her. But I can make an ePub that is OK for both of us.