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Originally Posted by ahi
What many here tend to (dis)miss is that reflow is only necessary because both eBook technologies and the eBook market are incredibly immature. (I've elaborated on this point at downright ludicrous length elsewhere.)
No format other than PDF can achieve consistent and professional typography, and professional typography in published books (including eBooks, once publishers start to give a damn)--regardless of what myriad non-specialists altogether uninvolved in the publishing industry think--is no more likely to disappear than professionally tailored clothes.
I am sympathetic to people who are worried that format incompatibilities or PDF's inflexibility will screw them out a legitimate purchase's continued utility... but it is short-sighted to insist on fixing something that is fundamentally a consumer's rights issue by clamoring to forever handicap eBooks through the use of broken-by-design reflow formats.
- Ahi
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My friend it is
very veryimportant what miriad of non specialists think. They are the ones deciding future of any format or invention, not a handfull of specialists. They called consumers and buyers. Ring a bell?
I hope you were joking.
Sooo, the devices are in it's infancy and the pdf format mature hmm...
I would think pdf format created for computers and devices cannot be more mature then computers themselves.
Reflow technologies are needed because devices have different screen or window sizes. I will always need my help reflowable so it doesn't use all my computer screen, and on 6' device I certainly will prefer reflowable. Why would I even think about picking "Typographic" layout if my attraction to eMedia 30% attributed to ability to change font size. Percentage grows with each passing year I must add
Yes I think you were joking.