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Originally Posted by Hadrien
You're wrong, you can have links in what you call static pages too. HTML is not much more dynamic than some fixed size format, it's just easier to reflow. If you want advance design and typesetting, fixed size formats are much more powerful than HTML.
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No, i am arguing on a different level.
There are two forms of ebooks. One concentrating on keeping the experience of paper books while adding some features (mainly navigational not presentational). this is where typography and static pages are the focus. The other form goes for new experiences with text. This means allowing reflow of the text and the many dynamic features HTML allows. This makes the presentation dynamic so some typographic content has to be dropped (usually because it cannot be rendered).
For most of the texts typographical detail is irrelevant because they have none. The separation of content and presentation allows to make the text independent from the presentation device. This is why the majority of ebooks is in HTML not PDF. There is room and need for both forms of ebooks, but not for equal shares on the market.