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Old 08-31-2009, 07:46 AM   #378
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Pdf is meant to have FIXED content on one page. That why you like pdf so much. Reflow goes against everything pdf is meant for, as such, i'm not sure it would really work all right.
And yet I'm given to understand by reports from other mobileread members that it does. Unless you have experience/reports otherwise... your musing is no evidence to the contrary.

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And my opus IS a device worth reading on. E-book are not paper books. What is the best solution for p-book is not necessarily for e-books. They are different format with differents possibilities.
This is handwaving.

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E-books can have advantage paper book don't have (changing font size according to your liking), why not use it ?
Nobody said not to. But there's no need for the advantages to come at a crippling expense.

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And why do you think adobe worked on ePub ? Because even them realised that pdf wasn't fit for e-book devices.
I'd guess it was rather to co-opt the ePub fanboys into a format they can like... Adobe Digital Editions... so that when the switch is made to PDF in the future, it will hurt them less.

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