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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
We will need something like that for citing purposes etc.
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I don't think this is a problem. Scientific papers are usually well constructed with sections, paragraphs etc. Also, there are anchors, XML elements etc. that can be used for citations. It is not really a problem.
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
But at the same time, reflowing text doesn't work well for academic books (research findings, not textbooks--though it sucks for those too), journal articles etc. as text needs to be around certain figures, tables can't be broken up etc.
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I don't think any of these are problems. On the contrary. For example, what medium is better for tables? The printed A4 page or an 24 inch LCD screen? What medium is better for diagrams?
Right now e-book readers do have a lot of limitations, but sooner or later they won't be much different in functionality from a standard computer.