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There are several good formats available on the PocketPro although there are some that don't work as well. The format that is best sometimes depends on the book itself. For example some books need a multi-level TOC to make them good reference books while others don't need a TOC at all. Some need images that can be flowed into the text, some need no images. The book formatting may have very specific requirements or it may work just fine in PalmDOC or even TXT. Some formats can support multiple fonts in the same file which may be needed in a particular book, while in some the user preference for the font may dominate. Some books have links between sections and need a format that supports links. Some can be searched and some cannot. Some books have special characters that may not be supported in some formats.
Some people like to customize things and pick a format that makes it look the best for them. Some like full justification while some like left justified. Some want hyphen support while some do not. There are as many different needs for users as there are different formats available. Some people really want typographic features in their books with drop caps, kerning, tracking, etc. and for them only PDF or Djvu will do the job. Some, but not all typographic features are available in ePUB. In some cases the reader can offer its own typography customization but may ignore the information built in to the eBook file. Some like a format they can take apart and fix problems.
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