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Originally Posted by Jeff Duntemann
The real problem with PDF is that it's a little too easy for a publisher to take a PDF print image already used for print manufacturing, put it on some kind of ecommerce download site and say, "Look! We've published the ebook!" without any further effort.
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That is a
big problem, yes.
There have been a few developments recently that may help with it. though. Adobe has brought out Digital Editions which will support the .epub format, and Sony has committed to supporting it on their PRS line, and Mobi and Cybook (and others) have made noises in that direction (nothing definite, but encouraging). The .epub format will be creatable from the same software publishers use now, just as easily as PDFs are, so they should have a format that
is suitable for e-books which can be made just as easily as they now make a format is
not e-suitable. I'm hoping that will have an impact.
Are you hearing anything from your end about Digital Editions and .epub? It'd be very interesting to know what sort of buzz there is on the inside.
