Thread: A silly question: what is the advantage of ePub for a reader?
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:02 PM   #62
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I need another "cogent" argument against PDF? That's lobbing a softball. How is a PDF supposed to display equally well to my eyes on a 5", 6" and 8" e-reader? It can't. Of course an e-book has to reflow easily AND allow me to choose my own font(s). Arguing otherwise is like arguing that you don't like e-books at all.

PDF is an attempt to force e-books to be good at what p-books are good for (faithful representation of an entire format). Cory D wrote several well-phrased essays on why that is pure foolishness and I agree with him. E-books need to be good at display on MY device. I don't care what effort you put into kerning your text so it looks awesome in PDF.
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