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Old 09-02-2007, 02:34 PM   #5
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Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
PDFs are, of course, the worst possible choice of formats for eBooks because they are created for a fixed page size and don't "re-flow" like "real" eBook formats do. With a bit of reprocessing with various free tools you can download from this forum, my understanding is that one can achieve adequate results for PDF display, but that's one area where the larger screen of the iLiad is a big plus. General advice is to avoid PDFs like the plague if you possibly can.

Build quality of the Sony is generally excellent. Very, very few reports of problems.
Once again: if it's generated the right way, PDF can get you the best typesetting for a book.

There's 2 XML formats that I would recommend though:
- Mobipocket: most popular DRMed format
- Epub: future standard for e-books and more advanced than the other formats based on XML

Don't expect LRF/BBeB to last for a very long time...
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