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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Even a Word file can be full of crap. But at least there are much easier ways to eliminate the crap from a Word file then it is to convert a PDF. Because the crap in a Word file does not mess up the text, just the formatting.
But still, there's no excuse for starting off with a PDF file for the other eBook editions. None at all.
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I fully agree. E-Books should start out with fully editable files such as Word files. What I was trying to point out was formatting in Word is unstable (especially if illustrated). The formatting in PDFs is stable and that is probably why publishers like to use them for print ready copy instead of Word docs. That is probably the reason why many publishers are having to convert PDFs to e-books is all they retained of the original editted manuscripts were the print ready files, thinking they were all they would ever need (short-sighted thinking considering how cheap storage is now; it's not like they need to store hard copies).