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Old 08-31-2009, 12:38 PM   #420
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
Check out The Memoirs of Casanova and find me an ePub or any other non-PDF version that looks better or at least as good, and post some screenshots.
The issue isn't, "can ePub look as good as optimized-for-your-screensize PDFs?" They cannot; no question there.

The issue is, "which will publishers be willing to spend money to produce: Optimized PDFs, or reflowable formats?" We have the answer to that one.

Name a company that sells PDFs sized for 6" screens.

The pro-ePub crowd aren't comparing the relative, possible merits of PDFs to ePubs; we're comparing the PDFs we can buy now, and expect to be able to buy in the next few years, to the ePubs we can buy now, and expect to be able to buy in the next few years.
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