Thread: Should ePub be the ONLY Ebook Format?
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Old 08-04-2009, 01:43 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
eBook reading devices can only handle barely formatted documents unless they are in PDF format. Books, "e" or "p", are content molded into a specific form... a form that is best suited to the interface to be used for their viewing... whether that interface is a paper sheet of a specific size or an eInk screen of a specific size.
So you suggest that ebooks only be supplied formatted for specific devices? What about people using different devices, or visually impaired people who need to use text-to-speech?
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