Thread: A silly question: what is the advantage of ePub for a reader?
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:47 AM   #27
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I guess that's why PDF is the most popular format for distributing all kinds of publications, to be viewed on screen.
Sure, PDF was the first widespread digital format with layout and images when there were only desktop screens available, no dedicated reading devices. But that was then.

PDF is popular because it gets created during the printing process anyway in most cases by DTP. Thus it's convenient for publishers: "eBooks formats? What for? We already have the PDF!"

Readers and publishers are used to PDF. That doesn't tell you anything about its actual popularity, since most people are used to taxes, too ...
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