Thread: Frustrated with all the recent posts by Kindle-only authors
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Old 08-28-2009, 02:17 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Or you could just offer HTML and save dozens of hours fighting acrobat. Lots more platforms can read HTML files than PDF. (Sure, you want to offer RTF as well, but...)
I'm just saying, if you want people to read your book, offer it in the formats that are convenient for them, not for you. Lots more people download my PDFs than my HTMLs. Besides, creating a PDF is simple, once you have the source file in shape. Tagged PDF can be a little trickier, but Open Office (free) will make a tagged PDF that works for the majority of users.

Even at that, I offer both regular and tagged PDF (for reflow), and more people download the regular than the tagged.

Which says to me that most downloaders are not yet using dedicated reading devices.
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